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I dont think this is a good idea -- if ec2 goes down (as it has in the past) you risk losing email
SMTP doesn't just drop messages if the destination server is unavailable. It'll either get held back at an intermediary server until your server comes up again, or else it will be bounced back to the sender.
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What bugs did you run into? I've been doing it for over a year and can't think of any that I've encountered.
When I was using it, not all of their services were supported, and to get into the right account I'd frequently have to log out (which logged me out of every account). Another fun one was clicking on Google Docs links. It rarely was using the right account and allowed me to go forward. Usually got the "Please request access to this document" message.
Would probably be a good idea for Google to add an "Include spam?" checkbox in the forwarding settings. Checked by default if the destination address is within gmail, otherwise unchecked by default.
If you forward a filtered set of emails (if that's even possible in gmail) then you presumably know what you're asking for.
Gmail's handling of multiple accounts is just about the poorest I've seen in any email client. Even Microsoft Outlook handles multiple accounts better!
People who do this are really annoying and have no concepts of separating business and personal life. If you don't mix business with pleasure then why are you doing it with your e-mail? How hard is it to check two accounts or have two accounts setup on your phone? There are some lines where business and personal shouldn't cross and e-mail is one of them. How does the appearance look? You send e-mail to foo@business.c…
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That's clever but you can just match is:spam and never send those to spam, essentially turning off the spam filter, not bypassing it. Matches: is:spam Do this: Never send it to Spam
Unfortunately, you can't use "in:", "is:", "label:", or "has:star" in filters. Filters are applied before these things are determined. If you try to, you get the following message from GMail: Filter searches containing "label:", "in:", "is:", or stars criteria (i.e. "has:yellow-star") are not recommended as they will never match incoming mail. Do you still wish to continue to the next step?
A little bird told me about something called Thunderbird.
Only when you decide that someone is both important and trusted, have them use that email address.
