Set Up: How to create an email forwarder in cPanel
An email forwarder allows a copy of an email sent to one address to be forwarded to another address.
Note that you can forward emails from a specific email account or all emails from one domain name.
Follow these steps to add an email forwarder:
Email account forwarder through cPanel
These steps show you how to forward all email from one email account to another.
- Login to your Doteasy Member Zone.
- Scroll to the Email section and click Manage Email Accounts. This will open your cPanel dashboard.
- On the cPanel dashboard, scroll to the Email section and click Forwarders.
- Click Add Forwarder.
- Enter the address you would like to be forwarded.
- Choose the destination for the forwarded email.
- Click Add Forwarder.
Email account forwarder through Webmail
These steps show you how to forward all email from one email account to another.
- Login to your webmail. Be sure to login using the email address and password of the email address you want to setup the forwarder.
- Once you’re logged into your webmail, click on the email address on the top of the page to open the drop-down menu and select Forwarders. This will open the Forwarders manager in your cPanel dashboard.
- On the Forwarders manager, click Add Forwarder.
- Enter the destination email address for the forwarded email.
- Click Add Forwarder.
Email domain forwarder
These steps show you how to forward all emails from one domain name to another domain.
- On the Forwarders window, click Add Domain Forwarder.
- Enter the domain you would like to be forwarded. If you have more than one domain name on your hosting account, simply select the domain name from the Domain drop-down menu.
- Enter the destination (ie. another domain) for the forwarded email.
- Click Add Domain Forwarder.
*NOTE: Domain forwarders will only forward email when the system cannot deliver it to another email address. For example, a user sends an email to john@example1.com. If john@example1.com is an existing email address or has auto-responder set up, then the email will not be forwarded. The email will be forwarded if john@example1.com is not an existing email address or auto-responder.