What you’ll need
- DirectAdmin access
- An existing mailbox to forward to
Forwarders let one inbox receive mail for several addresses. Vacation messages reply automatically while you’re away and switch themselves off.
Steps
Step 1: Create the forwarder
Open E-mail Manager then Forwarders → Create Forwarder. Name:
info. Destination: your main address. Save. How to set up email forwardingStep 2: Test the forwarder
From an outside account, email
info@yourdomain.co.ukand check it arrives in your main mailbox.Step 3: Create a vacation message
Open E-mail Manager then Vacation Messages, pick your mailbox, write a short reply with your return date and an alternative contact, and set the start and end times. Autoresponders and out-of-office replies
Step 4: Test the vacation message
Set the start time to now, send yourself a message from an outside account and confirm the reply arrives. Then correct the start time to the real date.
Check it worked
Mail to info@ lands in your main inbox, and a test message during the vacation window receives exactly one automatic reply.
If something goes wrong
| What happens | What to do |
|---|---|
| Forwarded mail goes to spam at Gmail | Consider the Gmail app with IMAP instead of forwarding. Using Gmail with your domain email |
| No vacation reply received | Check the start and end times and that the sender isn’t your own address. |