email forwarding

Passing messages along

Email forwarding is the automatic redirection of messages sent to one email address to a different address.

It's commonly used to consolidate multiple accounts, maintain an old address after switching providers, or route messages to the appropriate person: Set up email forwarding so anything sent to your work email goes to your personal account.

Related
  • inboxMessage receiving folder
  • SMTPEmail transmission protocol
  • IMAPEmail retrieval standard
  • aliasingSignal misidentification from undersampling
  • redirectSend in new direction

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