E-mail forward doesn't work with sendmail

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#1

Hi!

I have a sendmail form to send e-mails with PHP through 000webhost.com infrastructure.
I also have a e-mail forward (info@mydomain.com --> myemail@gmail.com).

Sending e-mails to myemail@gmail.com works.
Sending e-mails to info@mydomain.com works, they arrive to myemail@gmail.com.

Using the sendmail form to send e-mails to myemail@gmail.com works.
Using the sendmail form to send e-mails to info@mydomain.com does NOT work!?

How can this be?
It’s like 000webhost.com doesn’t forward e-mails that come from their own servers?

Thanks in advance!

#2

If you used your 50 max emails for today, the emails will not send. How many emails were sent out today?

#3

Maybe 5 e-mails or something. The quota is not filled. Also it works now when I try to send directly to myemail@gmail.com through the PHP sendmail form, it’s only when I try to send to the e-mail forward address; info@mydomain.com that it doesn’t work.

Edit: Just to be clear; I’ve double checked that it IS the e-mail forward address that is the problem. My form says that the e-mail is sent, just like normal, but the e-mail never arrives. And this is only happening when using the e-mail forward address.

#4

Can you forward the form submissions to your Gmail address without going through the custom email or do you need to use it?

#5

I guess I can use the Gmail address in the form since it works …
But it’s a little annoying when it works to send regular e-mails to the e-mail forward address – just not via the form.
If there isn’t a solution I guess I can live with it … :expressionless:

#6

Hi viRioL!

I think 000webhost doesn’t allow e-mail forwarding between its servers to prevent spam and overload. I will ask the administrators.

You can however configure the MX records of your domain (cPanel > Set web address > domain > Manage > Set MX records) to use another mailing service like Zoho, or ImprovMX if 000webhost does not appeal to you. If it’s just e-mail forwarding, I suggest using ImprovMX. :wink:

#7

there is no such limitation on servers.

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#8

@viRioL It should work try again.

#9