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Weird Forwarding Behavior
  1. #1


    drokkon Guest

    Weird Forwarding Behavior

    I recently set up a Live custom domain, and wanted to switch over from my
    Comcast e-mail address. As I transition, however, I want to keep receiving
    my Comcast mail. So I set up Comcast to forward all of my mail to my new
    Live address, and set Live to automatically sort those messages into a
    folder.

    Sounds great, but I usually receive 50+ messages per day to the Comcast
    address, and since I set up the forward, I've received less than 10 per day.
    First I checked the Live junk folder, which was empty; then I checked
    Comcast webmail - it hasn't received any messages since I set up the
    forward, so presumably it's forwarding them all. Finally, I sent an e-mail
    to my Comcast account from another address - it arrived immediately to my
    Live account and was sorted to the Comcast folder. So it appears to be
    working.

    Where is the rest of my e-mail going? I hate to think what important things
    are getting lost!

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.




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  2. #2


    İLarryEş Guest

    Re: Weird Forwarding Behavior

    Make sure you have the "Leave a copy on the server" checked so you can check
    back every day to make sure all messages are coming through.
    --
    İLarryEş

    "drokkon" <drokkon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:2532F2CA-572E-4DDF-94A6-31979F3E434F@xxxxxx
    I recently set up a Live custom domain, and wanted to switch over from my
    Comcast e-mail address. As I transition, however, I want to keep receiving
    my Comcast mail. So I set up Comcast to forward all of my mail to my new
    Live address, and set Live to automatically sort those messages into a
    folder.

    Sounds great, but I usually receive 50+ messages per day to the Comcast
    address, and since I set up the forward, I've received less than 10 per day.
    First I checked the Live junk folder, which was empty; then I checked
    Comcast webmail - it hasn't received any messages since I set up the
    forward, so presumably it's forwarding them all. Finally, I sent an e-mail
    to my Comcast account from another address - it arrived immediately to my
    Live account and was sorted to the Comcast folder. So it appears to be
    working.

    Where is the rest of my e-mail going? I hate to think what important things
    are getting lost!

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    N. Miller Guest

    Re: Weird Forwarding Behavior

    On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 19:35:16 -0600, İLarryEş wrote:

    > Make sure you have the "Leave a copy on the server" checked so you can check
    > back every day to make sure all messages are coming through.
    Can that be done with a forwarding action? I don't think so. At least,
    forwarding from my 'at&t Yahoo! HSI' email account always removed the email
    from the Yahoo! mailbox.

    --
    Norman
    ~Oh Lord, why have you come
    ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

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  4. #4


    İLarryEş Guest

    Re: Weird Forwarding Behavior

    It works on my Comcast account, but then there is a place to set it when I
    log in to my Comcast Webmail account. Guess I should have mentioned that in
    my original post. DUH! I can't say for certain if everyone has that
    though.
    --
    İLarryEş

    "N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:gsqir839t34k.dlg@xxxxxx
    On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 19:35:16 -0600, İLarryEş wrote:

    > Make sure you have the "Leave a copy on the server" checked so you can
    > check
    > back every day to make sure all messages are coming through.
    Can that be done with a forwarding action? I don't think so. At least,
    forwarding from my 'at&t Yahoo! HSI' email account always removed the email
    from the Yahoo! mailbox.

    --
    Norman
    ~Oh Lord, why have you come
    ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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