How do I add an alias to forward to an external email address?
To add an alias to to forward to an external email address, please follow the instructions below.
- Login to your control panel at http://www.example.com/admin/ (replace example.com with your domain name)
- Click on 'Email', then 'Aliases' in the left hand side navigation menu.
- Click on 'Add An Alias'
- Enter the alias you wish to use in the box provided e.g. enquiries (this would give the email address enquiries@example.com where example.com is your domain name)
- Then in the box next to where it says 'Forward To(outside of domain; comma-separated):' enter the email address you would like to forward the mail to e.g. name@yahoo.com (this would then mean that all emails sent to enquiries@example.com would be forwarded to name@yahoo.com). If you would like the emails addressed to that alias to be forwarded to more than one email address, then enter the email addresses in that box, separated by a comma.
- Then click on 'Add Alias'
- You can then repeat the process for each alias you wish to create.
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