I want to use our mail accounts with tags. What I mean if you add + sign with tag name it forwards that mail to the main account. For example, there is an account named [email protected], when you send an email [email protected] or john+abc@gmailcom or anything, it will forward this email to john@gmailcom.
This option is available in Gmail, Outlook and other mail servers. How can I achieve it in Hestiacp?
Exim can actually do this. Take a look at setting these values in your config (and research before you act)
local_part_suffix = +*
local_part_suffix_optional
Note that editing your exim config is something you do at your own risk. If you break your server, then you can’t really expect people in this forum to help you out as you’re running a non-standard configuration. But if you accept that responsibility, then tinker away …
Update: I had a few minutes to test this out. The lines go in the “Routers” section of your exim config, under the localuser: router. That worked for my test. You may need to add them to other sections.
Troubleshooting tip: You can test routing with ‘exim -bt [email protected]’ which will tell you the router it used to deliver the message.
But would everyone want it? I don’t think we could assume everyone would. Are there any negative effects to enabling it? Perhaps more spam? Maybe security issues?
Just thinking out loud. But if exim has it disabled by default, there may be a reason for it.
I think I’d vote for leaving it how it is, but maybe write an addition to the documentation on how it can be implemented.