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What is email forwarding?

Email forwarding re-sends messages from one address to another — including catch-all forwarding.

1 min read Updated 11 Apr 2026 Guide 22 of 25

Email forwarding is the operation of re-sending an email message delivered to one email address on to a possibly different email address.

Two Types of Email Forwarding

Individual Email Forwarding: This approach enables creation of an email address without a mailbox or allows forwarding rules applied to existing mailboxes.

Catch-All Email Forwarding: Catch-all forwarding only activates when no existing mailbox or forward exists. It functions as a domain-level mailbox that "catches" messages addressed to non-existent accounts, helping prevent lost emails from spelling mistakes.

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