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Issue email forwarding not working

Madness

Basic Pleskian
Hi,

My out going emails work fine but the forwarding to my gmail isn't working for some reason. Im not actually sure on the best was to solve this problem hopefully you guys can advise me on locating the problem.

Here is maillog

Code:
Jan  9 21:24:33 server postfix/smtpd[30262]: disconnect from unknown[201.238.219.242]
Jan  9 21:25:03 server plesk_saslauthd[30266]: select timeout, exiting
Jan  9 21:26:57 server postfix/postmap[30584]: fatal: open sasl_passwd: No such file or directory
Jan  9 21:27:24 server postfix/postfix-script[30595]: refreshing the Postfix mail system
Jan  9 21:27:24 server postfix/master[26044]: reload -- version 2.9.6, configuration /etc/postfix
Jan  9 21:27:24 server postfix/anvil[30265]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:201.238.219.242) at Jan  9 21:24:31
Jan  9 21:27:24 server postfix/anvil[30265]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:201.238.219.242) at Jan  9 21:24:31
Jan  9 21:27:24 server postfix/anvil[30265]: statistics: max cache size 1 at Jan  9 21:24:31
Jan  9 21:28:45 server postfix/smtpd[32268]: warning: hostname dedic867.hidehost.net does not resolve to address 91.200.13.24: Name or service not known
Jan  9 21:28:45 server postfix/smtpd[32268]: connect from unknown[91.200.13.24]
Jan  9 21:28:45 server plesk_saslauthd[32272]: listen=6, status=5, dbpath='/plesk/passwd.db', keypath='/plesk/passwd_db_key', chroot=1, unprivileged=1
Jan  9 21:28:45 server plesk_saslauthd[32272]: privileges set to (108:112) (effective 108:112)
Jan  9 21:28:45 server plesk_saslauthd[32272]: Invalid mail address 'francesca@'
Jan  9 21:28:45 server postfix/smtpd[32268]: warning: unknown[91.200.13.24]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: authentication failure
Jan  9 21:28:45 server postfix/smtpd[32268]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[91.200.13.24]
Jan  9 21:28:45 server postfix/smtpd[32268]: disconnect from unknown[91.200.13.24]
Jan  9 21:29:15 server plesk_saslauthd[32272]: select timeout, exiting
Jan  9 21:32:05 server postfix/anvil[32271]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:91.200.13.24) at Jan  9 21:28:45
Jan  9 21:32:05 server postfix/anvil[32271]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:91.200.13.24) at Jan  9 21:28:45
Jan  9 21:32:05 server postfix/anvil[32271]: statistics: max cache size 1 at Jan  9 21:28:45
Jan  9 21:37:36 server postfix/smtpd[32433]: connect from 181.137-105-213.static.virginmediabusiness.co.uk[213.105.137.181]
Jan  9 21:37:37 server plesk_saslauthd[32436]: listen=6, status=5, dbpath='/plesk/passwd.db', keypath='/plesk/passwd_db_key', chroot=1, unprivileged=1
Jan  9 21:37:37 server plesk_saslauthd[32436]: privileges set to (108:112) (effective 108:112)
Jan  9 21:37:37 server plesk_saslauthd[32436]: Invalid mail address 'hudson@'
Jan  9 21:37:37 server postfix/smtpd[32433]: warning: 181.137-105-213.static.virginmediabusiness.co.uk[213.105.137.181]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: authentication failure
Jan  9 21:37:37 server postfix/smtpd[32433]: disconnect from 181.137-105-213.static.virginmediabusiness.co.uk[213.105.137.181]
Jan  9 21:38:07 server plesk_saslauthd[32436]: select timeout, exiting

Any help is much appreciated
 
Unfortunately, that part of the maillog does not include anything related to the issue you have described.

Before we dive into figuring out why a forward is unsuccessful, you might want to consider GMails pick-up service for external POP3 accounts. It is described in the "Get all messages" section of this article:
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/21289?co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop&hl=en

The important advantage of using that pick-up service over forwarding to Gmail is, that the pick-up service will always retrieve all mails and never blacklist your otherwise forwarding domain if the domain is forwarding spam that it receives. The disadvantage is that there is short interval, so that mails are not picked up "live".
 
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