Forwarding

sheprd · 23 Feb 2020, 08:37 AM

How do i set up my email to forward all incoming mail to another email address that i have
I once knew but have forgotten how.

xyzzy · 23 Feb 2020, 10:40 AM

Set up a Rule and select the "Send a copy" and "to" for the rule's Action. This will create a redirect :copy command in the Sieve script (section 4: Sieve generated for forwarding rules). A copy of the message will be sent to the specified email address.

If you want to forward to some email address and you don't want a copy saved in one of the incoming email's mailboxes (e.g., INBOX) then you would need to create a redirect command without the :copy option explicitly in the Sieve script (e.g., in the edit box before section 4).

n5bb · 23 Feb 2020, 11:57 AM

If you want to forward all email sent to a specific Fastmail alias (rather than your login address) to another email service (or services), you can do this by adding the address(es) in the Deliver to area of the Settings>Users&Aliases page. When delivering using alias redirection, messages redirected to external addresses will bypass the rules (and spam protection rules). Messages from insecure senders will be blocked, but the normal spam rules will not be processed.

If you wanted to deliver messages sent to a particular alias to both your Fastmail account and an external address, you would use two deliver to addresses (one your main account address and the other the external address).

Bill

sheprd · 24 Feb 2020, 10:42 AM

Thanks Bill and ndbb and xyzzy for your info For some reason i was not alerted that i had received replys to my posting. Never happened before. I kept trying and hit on correct set up and now it works great. Thanks again to all t i

23 Feb 2020, 08:37 AM	#1
sheprd The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: VA, USA Posts: 2,789	Forwarding How do i set up my email to forward all incoming mail to another email address that i have I once knew but have forgotten how.

23 Feb 2020, 10:40 AM	#2
xyzzy Essential Contributor Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 474	Set up a Rule and select the "Send a copy" and "to" for the rule's Action. This will create a redirect :copy command in the Sieve script (section 4: Sieve generated for forwarding rules). A copy of the message will be sent to the specified email address. If you want to forward to some email address and you don't want a copy saved in one of the incoming email's mailboxes (e.g., INBOX) then you would need to create a redirect command without the :copy option explicitly in the Sieve script (e.g., in the edit box before section 4). Last edited by xyzzy : 23 Feb 2020 at 10:59 AM.

23 Feb 2020, 11:57 AM	#3
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,926	If you want to forward all email sent to a specific Fastmail alias (rather than your login address) to another email service (or services), you can do this by adding the address(es) in the Deliver to area of the Settings>Users&Aliases page. When delivering using alias redirection, messages redirected to external addresses will bypass the rules (and spam protection rules). Messages from insecure senders will be blocked, but the normal spam rules will not be processed. If you wanted to deliver messages sent to a particular alias to both your Fastmail account and an external address, you would use two deliver to addresses (one your main account address and the other the external address). Bill

24 Feb 2020, 10:42 AM	#4
sheprd The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: VA, USA Posts: 2,789	Thanks Bill and ndbb and xyzzy for your info For some reason i was not alerted that i had received replys to my posting. Never happened before. I kept trying and hit on correct set up and now it works great. Thanks again to all t i