{"id":624,"date":"2024-08-05T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpanelresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/?p=624"},"modified":"2024-08-05T11:37:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T11:37:48","slug":"how-to-create-email-forwarder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cpanelresellerwebhosting.in\/blog\/how-to-create-email-forwarder\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create an Email Forwarder in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Email forwarding redirects incoming messages from one email address to a different email address. In this guide, we show you how to setup an <strong>Email Forwarder<\/strong> in both your cPanel. After that we take you through how to forward all email messages for a domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#what-are-email-forwarders\">What are Email Forwarders?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#creating-a-forwarder-in-c-panel\">Creating a Forwarder in cPanel<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-are-email-forwarders\">What are Email Forwarders?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Email forwarders are a feature used to automatically redirect incoming emails from one email address to another. Instead of storing the email in the original recipient&#8217;s mailbox, the email server forwards it to another specified email address. This can be useful for a variety of reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Consolidation<\/strong>: Centralize emails from multiple addresses into one inbox.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Convenience<\/strong>: Forward emails from a less frequently checked account to a primary account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role-based addresses<\/strong>: Forward emails sent to role-based addresses (like support@example.com) to the appropriate team members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Temporary forwarding<\/strong>: Redirect emails while on vacation or away from work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Domain forwarding<\/strong>: Forward emails from an old domain to a new one after rebranding or migration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catch-All emails are not permitted on shared server accounts<\/strong>. They can only be turned on for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpanelresellerwebhosting.in\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cpanelresellerwebhosting.in\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">VPS or Dedicated server<\/a> accounts. Don\u2019t have either of those? Check out VPS Hosting. It\u2019s a great option for those people looking for simple, reliable, and fast web hosting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"creating-a-forwarder-in-c-panel\"><strong>Creating a Forwarder in cPanel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Log into cPanel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Click the&nbsp;Forwarders&nbsp;button in the&nbsp;<em>Email<\/em>&nbsp;section.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vpswebhostingindia.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-14-1024x344.png?resize=1024%2C344&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:&nbsp;<\/strong>On the&nbsp;<em>forwarders<\/em>&nbsp;page, click&nbsp;<strong>Add<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Forwarder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vpswebhostingindia.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-15-1024x514.png?resize=1024%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>On the&nbsp;<em>Add a New Forwarder <\/em>page, type the email address username in the<em>&nbsp;Address to Forward<\/em>&nbsp;space.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5: Select the domain from the drop-down box.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vpswebhostingindia.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-16.png?resize=453%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6: For the Destination option, type the full email address that you want to forward emails to in the text box.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vpswebhostingindia.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-18.png?resize=746%2C111&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7: Click Add Forwarder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vpswebhostingindia.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-202626.png?resize=642%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Email\" class=\"wp-image-95\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, the email forwarder was created in the cPanel mail forwarders section. Now when going to the Email Account Forwarders page, the forwarder will show up on the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email forwarding redirects incoming messages from one email address to a different email address. 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