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In this tutorial, you will learn how to setup email forwarding using the cPanel dashboard, available to users on one of Hosted.com’s cPanel Web Hosting plans. One of the core features hosting companies provide is email forwarding, which allows customers to forward incoming emails from one address to another with ease.
Understanding email forwarding and how to do it in cPanel is an essential skill, whether you’re streamlining your inbox, managing team communication, or integrating several email accounts.
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Setup Email Forwarding in cPanel
This tutorial assumes you have cPanel and are already logged in.
1. Click “Forwarders” under the Mail section.
Creating an email forwarder will allow you to send a copy of all emails received, from one address to another. This is useful when you have multiple addresses, but only want to check one.
2. Click “Add Forwarder”.
3. Enter the Email Address that you wish to forward.
4. Then enter the Forwarding Address.
5. Click “Add Forwarder” located at the bottom of the page.
That’s it! The email forwarder has been set up and should start working immediately.
You can create additional forwarders by returning to this page and following the same process or delete existing ones from the list at the bottom of the page.
You can also create ‘Domain’ email forwarders, where all emails sent to a specific domain will be forwarded to another.
You’ve reached the end of the tutorial. Now you know how to create email forwarders for automatically forwarding email from one address to another.
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Best Uses for Email Forwarding
Email forwarding can be necessary for several reasons. These include:
Consolidating Email Accounts
Email forwarding enables you to combine all incoming emails into a single inbox when you have numerous email accounts spread across various services or domains. This can make managing emails easier.
Redirecting Emails to a Central Address
By using email forwarding, emails can be redirected from individual company employee accounts to a central address, such as a support or sales team inbox. This guarantees that all pertinent emails are collected in one place and made available to the right team members.
Managing Temporary Accounts
You can create temporary email accounts that send messages to your main inbox using email forwarding. This can be useful if you want to sign up for online services or newsletters without giving access to your primary email address to possible spammers.
Domain Management
Email forwarding allows domain owners to reroute emails to different domains. For instance, you may wish to have emails addressed to all your domains redirected to a single email account.
Backup & Redundancy
By forwarding emails to a backup email address or server, email forwarding can be a backup method. This guarantees that, in the event of server problems or outages, crucial emails are not lost.
