Monitor incoming and outgoing mails with BCC

Monitor incoming and outgoing mails with BCC

This tutorial describes how to configure your iRedMail server to monitor incoming and outgoing mails with BCC, via iRedAdmin-Pro or other tools.

Important notes:

the destination email address used to store emails must exist. In this tutorial, they're outbound@example.com and inboud@example.com.
Multiple BCC destination addresses are NOT supported by Postfix.

Manage BCC settings with iRedAdmin-Pro

With iRedAdmin-Pro, you can configure BCC easily.

For per-domain BCC settings, please go to domain profile page, then you can manage BCC settings under tab BCC.
For per-user BCC settings, please go to user profile page, then you can manage BCC settings under tab BCC.

SQL: Manage BCC settings with SQL command line tools

We take MySQL backend for example, but the SQL commands should work with PostgreSQL too.

To add per-domain bcc settings for domain mydomain.com, you can add below records in SQL database vmail:

-- BCC outgoing emails to 'outbound@example.com'
mysql> INSERT INTO sender_bcc_domain (domain, bcc_address, active, created)
       VALUES ('mydomain.com', 'outbound@example.com', 1, NOW());

-- BCC incoming emails to 'inbound@example.com'
mysql> INSERT INTO recipient_bcc_domain (domain, bcc_address, active, created)
       VALUES ('mydomain.com', 'inbound@example.com', 1, NOW());

To add per-user bcc settings for user user@mydomain.com, you can add below records in SQL database vmail:

-- BCC outgoing emails to 'outbound@example.com'
mysql> INSERT INTO sender_bcc_user (username, bcc_address, domain, active, created)
       VALUES ('user@mydomain.com', 'outbound@example.com', 'mydomain.com', 1, NOW());

-- BCC incoming emails to 'inbound@example.com'
mysql> INSERT INTO recipient_bcc_user (username, bcc_address, domain, active, created)
       VALUES ('user@mydomain.com', 'inbound@example.com', 'mydomain.com', 1, NOW());

LDAP: Manage BCC settings with phpLDAPadmin or other LDAP client tools

For per-domain BCC settings, you can add below LDAP attribute/value pairs for domain object:

# per-domain sender bcc
enabledService=senderbcc
domainSenderBccAddress=outbound@example.com

# per-domain recipient bcc
enabledService=recipientbcc
domainRecipientBccAddress=inbound@example.com

For per-user BCC settings, you can add below LDAP attribute/value pairs for user object:

# per-domain sender bcc
enabledService=senderbcc
userSenderBccAddress=outbound@example.com

# per-domain recipient bcc
enabledService=recipientbcc
userRecipientBccAddress=inbound@example.com

Screenshot of iRedAdmin-Pro

Per-domain bcc settings:

Per-user bcc settings:

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