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I want to forward messages to emails addresses I can't confirm
I want to forward messages to emails addresses I can't confirm such as TripIt and Dopplr. I have my trip itineraries and such come into OtherInbox and I want to automatically forward from those inboxes to my TripIt and Dopplr so that those trips get added there automatically.
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Inappropriate?Hello, Jamie.
Thank you very much for sharing your idea. Perhaps you can elaborate further how you would use OIB + TripIt/Dopplr, but it looks like they work by sending them an email with your travel information and they automatically parse it for your travel details.
As you may expect, we verify email addresses before automatically forwarding them to prevent abuse and to make sure whoever (or whatever) is receiving the messages is not getting spammed in any way.
Perhaps if we added a list of email addresses that were whitelisted because of the service they offer may be a good idea?
I'm sure there may be other services that work in a similar way that could benefit as well.
Thanks for submitting your suggestion!
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Inappropriate?Thanks for the helpful response. Well, I use OIB (among other things) in order to have specific mailboxes for my various travel sites. So, orbitz@myoib, travelocity@myoib, etc. I would like to set each of those mailboxes to automatically forward to my Dopplr and TripIt accounts for no-hassle adding of my trips to those services. (I'm not 100% sure which one will win my loyalties at this point.)
With services, I see basically two patterns. The first requires that you have the email address that you are sending the message from on file with the recipient service. This is how TripIt works and how they use a single address for receiving messages. The second uses a pseudo-random email address that is created for you by the service. This is how Dopplr works as well as other services like 37Signals Backpack.
I certainly understand the need to not be a haven for spammers to just forward email willy nilly. Perhaps limiting the number of addresses for forwarding that you can have in an account could make it less attractive to spammers? Even a reasonably high number like 100 would allow the users to effectively use the service with a wide range of other services but that many email addresses wouldn't be very attractive to a spammer. Of course, bot generated accounts and emailing could thwart that, but I'm just throwing out an idea.
I hope that helps.
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Inappropriate?Thank you again for your suggestions and thoughts on how to implement this.
For the time being, might I suggest a potential workaround using Gmail's filters?
1) Set OIB to forward all messages from your Travelocity mailbox to your Gmail account. (Settings -> Mailboxes -> Travelocity)
2) Create a filter in Gmail that filters all messages addressed to travelocity [at] yourname.oib.com (or whatever OIB address you used) to archive them immediately and forward to the TripIt/Dopplr email address you need them sent to.
For the filter, just use the full OIB address you are using for the Travelocity mailbox. The way OIB forwards messages to Gmail retains the
"To Address" as the original address the email was sent to.
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Inappropriate?That's a good idea for the time being. Thanks!
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