Email forwarding

Email forwarding used to be common, but in the age of spam it has become very difficult to forward email in a reliable way. Hence, it is not recommended to use forwarding. I strongly recommend to not rely on email forwarding for a primary email address. In some cases it can be useful to forward email from a single address that attracts little spam.

Forwarding mail for an email address to an external address

In webmail, go to Settings -> Filters. The middle pane contains a list of filter. At the very top, you can select a filter set (make sure it is enabled). To add a forwarding filter, click Create in the right pane. Then add the forwarding filter as described in the picture below.

• For Filter name, choose a name for the filter.
• Under Rules, select To in the first drop down box and contains in the second drop down box. The third field contains the email address which you want to forward.
• Click the + symbol in the rules section to create a second rule. In the first drop down box, select .... In the field following it, enter "X-Spam-Flag". In the second drop down box, select contains not. In the field following it, enter "YES".
• Under Actions, select Redirect message to in the first drop down box. In the field following it, enter the address to which you want to forward.

It is recommended to not forward spam email because, first, it is harder for the receiving mail provider to identify forwarded spam as spam, and second, because our server's reputation can be damaged as a result of forwarding spam.