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Redirect E-mail on Message Filters

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Hi

I wanted to set up message filters to redirect (not fwd) e-mails but there isn't a redirect option on message filters - or am I'm missing something? Thanks

Hi I wanted to set up message filters to redirect (not fwd) e-mails but there isn't a redirect option on message filters - or am I'm missing something? Thanks

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There used to be an addon that would redirect via filter, but that was a few years back.

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Thanks I did find that but I was looking for a solution for the current thunderbird version - it's pretty standard in most e-mail client rules/filters.

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Is that addon useful, since Redirect is now part of Thunderbird? I don't see how he will use it with a filter.

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david said

Is that addon useful, since Redirect is now part of Thunderbird? I don't see how he will use it with a filter.

Good point - you are correct. Forgot it was now incorporated in right click menu or via 'More' menu.

It's more complicated than a simple forward, because a forward just needs to know who to forward to. A Redirect needs to read headers create a Reply-to original sender and also have the Forward to information.

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Thanks the simple redirection add-on also works in mail filters I've tried it and you can redirect to multiple recipients I just seperate each e-mail with a comma

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Thanks for sharing that. I didn't know, but now I can share with others. Much appreciated.