{"id":276,"date":"2017-12-23T04:07:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T04:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/?p=276"},"modified":"2017-12-23T04:07:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T04:07:12","slug":"set-up-a-forwarding-email-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/set-up-a-forwarding-email-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Set up a forwarding email account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can set up an email address solely for the purpose of forwarding messages to other mailboxes. No email gets stored at the forwarding address that you set up; all email gets immediately directed to the destination email address.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert cs-alert-danger\">\u00a0<strong>Warning:<\/strong>\u00a0If you want to use an email address that you&#8217;ve already set up with email as your forwarding account, you&#8217;ll need to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/7603?prog_id=ifindhost\">delete that address<\/a>, and then follow these instructions.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to delete the address, you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/8050?prog_id=ifindhost\">set up forwarding copies of incoming emails, to another inbox<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log in to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-email-hosting.html\">Workspace Email<\/a> account and open your product. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/3600?prog_id=ifindhost\">Need help logging in?<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Your next step depends on if you are using a free forwarding pack:<br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Using a free forwarding pack?<\/th>\n<th>Then&#8230;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Next to\u00a0<strong>Email Forwarding<\/strong>, click\u00a0<strong>Set up<\/strong>. Continue with the next step.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>Skip to step 7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>Choose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/\">domain registration<\/a> you want to use to create your forwarding account.\n<p class=\"note\">\u00a0<strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0While the free credit is attached to a specific domain name on the list, you can attach the credit to any domain in your account, when you create the actual forwarding account.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Set Up<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>X<\/strong>\u00a0to close the\u00a0<strong>Product Setup<\/strong>\u00a0window. Your free account will show up in your Workspace account list, labeled\u00a0<strong>New Account<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Next to\u00a0<strong>Workspace Email<\/strong>, click\u00a0<strong>Manage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img4.wsimg.com\/support\/images\/workspace\/7598\/031416\/workspace-set-up-forwarding-accounts-create-forward.png\" alt=\"Set up forwarding accounts, click create forward.\" width=\"20\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Create Forward<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<li>Complete the on-screen fields:<br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Field<\/th>\n<th>What to do&#8230;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Forward this email address:<\/td>\n<td>Enter the email address you want to create. After you type\u00a0<strong>@<\/strong>, you will be able to select any domain in your account.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>To these email addresses:<\/td>\n<td>Enter the email addresses you want to receive the forwarded email. You can enter multiple addresses, but they must collectively fit the 250 character limit for this field.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Plan<\/td>\n<td>Select the forwarding plan you want to use.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Catch-all<\/td>\n<td>Select this option if you want this address to receive email sent to addresses at your domain name that do not exist.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Enable auto reply<\/td>\n<td>Select this option, and fill out the additional fields, if you want to send an automatic reply to everyone who sends email to this address.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Next step<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Once your forwarding address is set up you need to make sure your MX Records for that domain are correct. You can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/7590?prog_id=ifindhost\">check your MX records in your Workspace account<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If your MX records are not correct in the above step, copy the MX records displayed in your Workspace account, and use those details to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/19234?prog_id=ifindhost\">add an MX record to your domain<\/a>\u00a0(or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/19235?prog_id=ifindhost\">edit an existing MX record<\/a>, if you have one).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More info<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/2821?prog_id=ifindhost&amp;locale=en\">Send email from an alternate email address<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/23859?prog_id=ifindhost&amp;locale=en\">Forwarding email<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/4605?prog_id=ifindhost&amp;locale=en\">What is the difference between regular email and a forwarding email account?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/3367?prog_id=ifindhost&amp;locale=en\">Change your email forwarding account<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/324?prog_id=ifindhost&amp;locale=en\">What is an MX record?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can set up an email address solely for the purpose of forwarding messages to other mailboxes. No email gets stored at the forwarding address that you set up; all email gets immediately directed to the destination email address. \u00a0Warning:\u00a0If<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,136],"tags":[151],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-account-management","category-workspace-email-help","tag-once-your-forwarding-address-is-set-up-you-need-to-make-sure-your-mx-records-for-that-domain-are-correct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}