Add account forwarder
To add a mail forwarder, perform the following steps:
- In the Managing menu, select the domain whose emails you want to forward.
- In the Create an Email Account Forwarder menu, click Add Forwarder. The Add a New Forwarder interface will appear.
- In the Add a New Forwarder interface, enter the username of the email address you want to forward.
Note:
Your email username is the part of the email address that comes before the domain. For example, if you want the address
purchases@example.comto forward toproducts@example.com, enterpurchasesin the Address to forward: text box. Do not include the@symbol. - In the Domain menu, select the domain of the email address you want to forward.
- Select one of the following options in the Destination menu:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Forward to Email Address | The system will forward incoming email to another account or multiple accounts. You must enter the comma-separated destination addresses of the forwarded email in the text box. For example, to forward emails from purchases@example.com to products@example.com and sales@example.com, enter products@example.com, sales@example.com in the text box.Note:
Forwarding email accounts keep a copy of the emails that they forward. If you have access to both the forwarding email and the destination email, you can view the forwarded email at both locations.
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| Discard and send an error to the sender (at SMTP time). | The system will discard the incoming email and provide the sender with a failure message. The system sets the failure message to No such person at this address by default. You may also enter a custom failure message into the Failure Message (seen by sender) text box. |
6. Click Advanced Options to access the following options:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Forward to a system account | Select this option to forward incoming email to a system user email account. To do so, enter the system user name in the text box. |
| Discard (Not Recommended) | Select this option to discard emails without a failure message. Emails sent to the initial address will not be forwarded. Unlike the Discard and send an error to the sender (at SMTP time) option, the user will not receive any failure messages. |
| Pipe to a Program | Select this option to pipe incoming emails to a program. Enter the program’s relative path in your home directory in the text box. For example, if the script requires an interpreter such as Perl or PHP, omit the /usr/bin/perl or /usr/bin/php portion of the path. |
7. Click Add Forwarder.
