This guide will teach you how to create an email forwarder in your cPanel control panel and also set it up on Gmail.
Forwarders
Log in to your cPanel control panel.
Next, click the Forwarders options under the Email section:
Add forwarder
To set up an email forwarder, click the Add Forwarder button:
Type in an email address, select the domain name from the dropdown list, and then type in the email address you want all emails for this email account to forward to:
Once done, click the Add Forwarder button to save changes.
You will see a confirmation message:
Verify forwarder
Then you’ll be able to locate the new forwarder in the list of forwarders:
That’s it!
In general, we don’t recommend using forwarders as they can’t filter spam. That means they’ll forward unsolicited messages, which can cause problems with blacklisting and mail server reputation.
A better way to receive emails from another email account is to use a pull feature from an existing mailbox, like on Gmail.
Gmail email forwarder
Settings
To set this up, log in to your Gmail account, click the cogwheel icon in the top-right corner and select the Settings option:
Add mail account
Go to Accounts section, then click Add a mail account option:
Add email
A new browser pop-up will launch where you need to put in the email address you want Gmail to pull emails from.
Put in your email address, and click the Next button to go to the next step.
Email details
On the following page, fill in the fields and select options as needed:
Username: Your full email address (this is the email account you’re pulling emails from)
Password: Password for your email account
POP Server and Port: Leave as default as Gmail usually guesses it properly
Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server: Check this if you want Gmail to leave copies of pulled emails on the source server (your original email account inbox)
Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail: Enable this for security purposes
Label incoming messages: Set this up if you want all new emails pulled from the source email address to have a custom label
Archive incoming messages: Check this option if you want emails from the source email address to be archived automatically and not show in your Gmail inbox
Once ready, click the Add Account button.
Sending emails
Next, choose if you want to be able to send emails from a source account using Gmail.
If no, click the Finish button to finish the setup process.
If yes, click the Next button and input the desired name to proceed further with the setup.
