On 14/08/2025 16:34, Scott Mutter via mailop wrote:
Please don't interpret this as being condescending. I'm honestly wanting to hear what the reasons are for forwarding mail off of a server vs. checking the email account directly.
Many of our customers see it as a security risk to allow users to collect mail from outside the office (needing to set up port forwarding etc). These are small businesses so they may not have dedicated IT people in-house. So, they see it as easier to forward mail to a free gmail or outlook.com account rather than take the risk of opening up the firewall a bit.
I generally try to persuade them to allow remote collection (and suggest ways to make it more secure), but often they'll carry on trying to use forwarding and complain that it's not reliable etc.
(I'm really not defending them, just saying why they do it) Paul _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
