Re: Local mail on OS X

On Feb 11, 2005, at 09:50, Zoe wrote:

>> Ah, this will create a horrible cycle, as I forward every piece of=20
>> mail to ZO=CB, which then pushes it along to SMTP server, and is=20
>> redownloaded by my pop client, to be forwarded to ZO=CB, which then=20=

>> pushes it to my SMTP server, etc. ad nauseam.
>
> You don't have to let ZO=CB forward your messages.

So I was thinking about this over the weekend...

As far as I can tell, it's not possible to have this work the way I=20
want it to.  The biggest issue is that if I set a rule to redirect all=20=

messages to ZO=CB, the only way to get them there is by having ZO=CB set =
as=20
my SMTP server and *NOT* forward mail on to the external SMTP server. =20=

This creates a serious problem when I want to actually send a piece of=20=

outgoing e-mail to someone.  I would either have to go into Mail's=20
Preferences and change my SMTP server from ZO=CB to the external one, or=20=

change ZO=CB's preferences to forward, then change back, for every=20
outgoing message.  That's not a reasonable solution, IMO.

It seems that ZO=CB was designed for the sort of person who leaves mail=20=

on the mail server forever, and relies heavily on the server's spam=20
filter.  I do neither (I have over a GB of mail archived locally, can=20
you imagine what that would do to most people's server quotas?!)


> Sure. You can create any address you want in ZO=CB. It doesn't even =
have=20
> to exists in reality. Then simply setup that address as "non=20
> forwarding" and you are done.

This would be a great solution, but I can't seem to make it work.  ZO=CB=20=

seems to decide what to forward based on the sender, not the recipient.=20=

  I'm thinking more of a trap address, so that with ZO=CB set as my SMTP=20=

server (forwarding to the external one), any mail from me to (for=20
example) [email protected] would not be forwarded.  I set this up in ZO=CB,=20=

but it still forwards because my real account, as the sender is set to=20=

forward. :/

I really like ZO=CB's functionality, if only I could find a way to=20
configure it like this, it'd really be quite a wonderful app.

---sambo=



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