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==SmarterMail==
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===How to set up email forwarding in Smartermail===
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==SmarterMail User Forward==
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# Log into your WCP at https://wcp.hostek.com
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# In the '''Email''' section click on '''Forwarding'''
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# Click '''Add Email Alias'''
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# In the '''Alias Name''' field enter the first part of the email address you want to forward (ie,: '''john''') ... do not include the @domain.com part.
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# In the '''Forwarding Address''' field, enter the real destination email address like '''john@another_domain.com'''
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# Click '''Save'''
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===How to set up an existing email user to have emails forwarded===
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# Log into your WCP at https://wcp.hostek.com
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Follow these steps to automatically forward all incoming messages from one email account to another email account:
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# Click on the '''Users''' icon.
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# Click the '''Login''' button for the specific user.
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# Once in SmarterMail click the '''Settings''' icon on the left.
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# Click on the Forward Tab at the top.
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# Type in the address you want to have emails forwarded to.<br />'''Note:''' The checkbox for remove emails on forward will remove the emails that get forwarded to the forward address, keeping more space free on the server for new email messages to be received.
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# Click '''Save''' at the top to save the settings.
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==cPanel Mail==
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#Login to your SmarterMail interface for the user you wish to forward email for.
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===Email Account Forwarders===
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#Click the settings icon on the left-hand navigation panel ( Looks like two gears ).
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#In your cPanel account click '''Forwarders''' under the '''Mail''' section.
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#Expand the My Settings folder.
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#Clink on '''Add Forwarder''' button.
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#Click Account Settings.
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#In the '''Address to Forward''' section type in a Username you would like to set.
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#Click on the "Forwarding" tab under Account Settings.
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#Next type in the '''Destination''' email address, into the section '''Forward to email address'''
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#In the Forwarding Address field, type the email address you want messages to forward to. If forwarding to multiple email addresses, separate address with a comma.
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#Then click on '''Add Forwarder''' button to complete.
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#If you want the messages deleted from your SmarterMail account once they have been forwarded, select the Delete messages when forward checkbox.
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#Click Save.
  
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* Note - You may '''Delete''' and '''Trace''' the forwarding address you created under the '''Functions''' section.
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==SmarterMail Alias Forward==
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Click [https://wiki.hostek.com/SmarterMail#Forwarding HERE] to view our WIKI article on setting up an email alias within your WCP Control Panel.
  
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===Forward All Email for a Domain===
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For manual instructions see steps below:
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#In your cPanel account click '''Forwarders''' under the '''Mail''' section.
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#Clink on '''Add Domain Forwarder''' button below.
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#Choose the appropriate domain and type in the '''Destination''' email address in the '''To''' section.
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#Then click on the '''Add Domain Forwarder''' button to complete.
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==Creating a Default (Catchall) Email Address in cPanel==
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#Login to your SmarterMail interface with an administrative user for your domain.
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*Logging in to cPanel.
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#Click the settings icon on the left-hand navigation panel ( Looks like two gears ).
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#Click on '''Default Address'''.
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#Expand the 'Domain Settings' folder.
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#Enter the desired email address in the '''Forward to Email Address''' box.
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#Click 'Aliases'.
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#Now Click on '''Change'''.
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#You can now view existing email aliases. Click 'New' to add a new alias.
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*'''Note:''' All emails sent to an address you have not defined, will go to the email address you enter.
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#The 'Alias Name' field enter the address you want the forward to be setup for. ( Example enter 'myalias' in the field to forward email that comes into the address 'myalias@domain.com' )
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*Here is our Video Tutorial on this - http://hostek.com/tutorials/cpanel-x3-catchall.html
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#Enter the email addresses you want this email alias to forward the messages that come in to. You can enter multiple addresses by including one on each line.
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#*'<b>Include all domain users</b>' - Select this option to include all domain users automatically in the alias. This option does not override the email addresses listed in the Email Address box. If selected, all domain users will be included in addition to the users entered in the Email Address box.
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#*'<b>Disable greylisting</b>' - Disables greylisting for email coming into this email alias. ( such as 'myalias@domain.com' )
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#*'<b>Enable in Live Chat (XMPP)</b>' - Enables Live Chat functionality for the email alias. Live Chat is disabled on our shared SmarterMail servers.
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#*'<b>Show in Global Address List</b>' - Allows the user to appear in each email users global contacts.
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#*'<b>Internal Only</b>' -  Makes this email alias only work for emails coming from another user from the same domain. <br>( Example user@gmail.com cannot send to 'myalias@domain.com' as the forwarder wont' work.. but 'user@domain' can send properly to 'myalias@domain.com' )<br><br>
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#Click 'Save'.
  
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==Using Webmail in cPanel==
 
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*'''Accessing Webmail'''
 
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#Log in to '''cPanel''' ( or from http://www.yourdomain.com/webmail/ )
 
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#Click on '''Webmail'''.
 
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#Click on '''Go to Webmail Login'''.
 
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#Choose one of the three available Webmail Programs: '''1)NeoMail 2)Horde 3)SquirrelMail'''
 
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#For this tutorial we will use '''SquirrelMail,''' but all three are fairly similar.
 
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#From the main screen Click on '''Options'''. (From here you can change many settings within your Webmail.)
 
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*'''Note:''' You do not have to login to cPanel in order to access your Webmail.
 
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*'''Creating Folders and Sub-folders'''
 
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#While in the '''Options''' menu, Click on '''Folders'''.
 
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#Place the desired name into the '''box''' below the '''Create a Folder''' title.
 
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#If you already have a folder created, you can use the '''drop-down menu''' right below the name box, to choose a sub-folder location.
 
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#Click on '''Create'''.
 
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#In order to see the new folder listed, Click on '''Refresh Folder List'''.
 
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*'''Note:''' You can create as many folders as you need.
 
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*'''Adding an Entry to the Address Book'''
 
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#While in the '''Options''' menu, Click on '''Addresses'''.
 
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#All of the fields are required, except for the 'Additional Information' box.
 
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#Click '''Add Address'''
 
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*'''Composing Email'''
 
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#While in the '''Options''' menu, Click on '''Compose'''.
 
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#To select a Email Address from your Address Book, click on '''Addresses'''
 
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#You can choose how to send them, by ticking the boxes beside: '''To''', '''CC (Carbon Copy)''', or '''BCC (Blind Carbon Copy)'''.
 
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#Click on '''Use Addresses'''.
 
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#Next, fill out your '''Subject''' and the body of the message.
 
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#You can also send an attachment, just '''Scroll Down''' to the bottom of the page.
 
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#Beside the '''Attach''' box, Click on '''Browse'''.
 
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#Choose the file.
 
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#Click on '''Add'''
 
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#To complete everything, Click on '''Send''' on the bottom of the page.
 
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*'''Deleting and Moving Mail'''
 
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#From your '''Inbox'''
 
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#Tick the box next to the email(s) of choice.
 
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#To trash your Email(s) Click on '''Delete'''.
 
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#To place your Email(s) in a different folder, Click the '''drop-down menu''' and choose the folder you wish to move the Email(s) to.
 
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#Click on '''Move'''
 
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*Here is our Video Tutorial on this: http://hostek.com/tutorials/cpanel-x3-webmail.html
 
  
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==How to Create a POP(Post Office Protocol) Email Account==
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==cPanel Email Forwarding==
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#Login to cPanel.
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#Click on '''Email Accounts'''.
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#There will already be a '''Default POP Email Account''' listed.
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#Fill out the boxes labelled: '''Email''', '''Password''', '''Password( Again)'''.
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#Be sure to choose the correct domain name (If you have Parked Domain and/or a Addon Domain) ''' '@ drop-down menu' '''.
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#You can set the '''Mailbox Quota Limit''' if you wish.
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#Click on '''Create'''
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#Click on '''No''' (This can be done later.)
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*From the '''Email Accounts''' page you can '''Access Webmail''', '''Change Quota''', '''Change Password''', '''Configure Mail Client''', and '''Delete'''.
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*'''Note:''' You can make as many POP Email Accounts as your Hosting Plan will allow.
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*'''Don't Forget''' to setup your POP Email Accounts in your preferred Email Client. (I.E. Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, etc.)
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*Here is our Video Tutorial on this: http://hostek.com/tutorials/cpanel-x3-popemail.html
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Instructions on setting up email forwarding within your cPanel account
  
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[[Category:SmarterMail]]
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===User Forwarder===
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[[Category:CPanel-Mail]]
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#First login to your cPanel for the domain you want to setup a forwarder for.
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#Find the section for 'Email' and click the option for 'Forwarders'.
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#*You will now see a list of existing email forwarders you have setup.
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#You can add a single email user forward by clicking 'Add Forwarder'.
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#In the 'Address to Forward' field enter the user you want to set to forward if it receives any email.
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#In the 'Domain' field select the drop-down and choose the domain this user is under.
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#Now in the 'Destination' section you can choose to forward incoming email to this user to a specific address, or you can choose to discard the email
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#*If you choose to discard the email then you can also enter in the message that it reports back to the sender.
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#*You can also click the 'Advanced Options' to view more options of how to handle the emails that come into this email alias.
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#Click 'Save'.
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===Domain Forward===
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#First login to your cPanel for the domain you want to setup a forwarder for.
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#Find the section for 'Email' and click the option for 'Forwarders'.
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#*You will now see a list of existing email forwarders you have setup.
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#You can add a domain wide forwarder by clicking 'Add Domain Forwarder'.
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#Select the drop-down for 'Domain' and choose the domain you want to activate the forwarder for. ( All users under this domain will forward the email to the address you specify.
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#In the 'To' field enter the address that all emails coming into this domain should be forwarded to.
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#Click 'Add Domain Forwarder' to save.

Latest revision as of 21:53, 14 April 2016

SmarterMail User Forward


Follow these steps to automatically forward all incoming messages from one email account to another email account:

  1. Login to your SmarterMail interface for the user you wish to forward email for.
  2. Click the settings icon on the left-hand navigation panel ( Looks like two gears ).
  3. Expand the My Settings folder.
  4. Click Account Settings.
  5. Click on the "Forwarding" tab under Account Settings.
  6. In the Forwarding Address field, type the email address you want messages to forward to. If forwarding to multiple email addresses, separate address with a comma.
  7. If you want the messages deleted from your SmarterMail account once they have been forwarded, select the Delete messages when forward checkbox.
  8. Click Save.

SmarterMail Alias Forward

Click HERE to view our WIKI article on setting up an email alias within your WCP Control Panel.

For manual instructions see steps below:

  1. Login to your SmarterMail interface with an administrative user for your domain.
  2. Click the settings icon on the left-hand navigation panel ( Looks like two gears ).
  3. Expand the 'Domain Settings' folder.
  4. Click 'Aliases'.
  5. You can now view existing email aliases. Click 'New' to add a new alias.
  6. The 'Alias Name' field enter the address you want the forward to be setup for. ( Example enter 'myalias' in the field to forward email that comes into the address 'myalias@domain.com' )
  7. Enter the email addresses you want this email alias to forward the messages that come in to. You can enter multiple addresses by including one on each line.
    • 'Include all domain users' - Select this option to include all domain users automatically in the alias. This option does not override the email addresses listed in the Email Address box. If selected, all domain users will be included in addition to the users entered in the Email Address box.
    • 'Disable greylisting' - Disables greylisting for email coming into this email alias. ( such as 'myalias@domain.com' )
    • 'Enable in Live Chat (XMPP)' - Enables Live Chat functionality for the email alias. Live Chat is disabled on our shared SmarterMail servers.
    • 'Show in Global Address List' - Allows the user to appear in each email users global contacts.
    • 'Internal Only' - Makes this email alias only work for emails coming from another user from the same domain.
      ( Example user@gmail.com cannot send to 'myalias@domain.com' as the forwarder wont' work.. but 'user@domain' can send properly to 'myalias@domain.com' )

  8. Click 'Save'.


cPanel Email Forwarding

Instructions on setting up email forwarding within your cPanel account

User Forwarder

  1. First login to your cPanel for the domain you want to setup a forwarder for.
  2. Find the section for 'Email' and click the option for 'Forwarders'.
    • You will now see a list of existing email forwarders you have setup.
  3. You can add a single email user forward by clicking 'Add Forwarder'.
  4. In the 'Address to Forward' field enter the user you want to set to forward if it receives any email.
  5. In the 'Domain' field select the drop-down and choose the domain this user is under.
  6. Now in the 'Destination' section you can choose to forward incoming email to this user to a specific address, or you can choose to discard the email
    • If you choose to discard the email then you can also enter in the message that it reports back to the sender.
    • You can also click the 'Advanced Options' to view more options of how to handle the emails that come into this email alias.
  7. Click 'Save'.

Domain Forward

  1. First login to your cPanel for the domain you want to setup a forwarder for.
  2. Find the section for 'Email' and click the option for 'Forwarders'.
    • You will now see a list of existing email forwarders you have setup.
  3. You can add a domain wide forwarder by clicking 'Add Domain Forwarder'.
  4. Select the drop-down for 'Domain' and choose the domain you want to activate the forwarder for. ( All users under this domain will forward the email to the address you specify.
  5. In the 'To' field enter the address that all emails coming into this domain should be forwarded to.
  6. Click 'Add Domain Forwarder' to save.
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