{"id":1835,"date":"2017-07-19T14:46:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T18:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:51:32","slug":"how-do-i-set-up-email-forwarding","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-do-i-set-up-email-forwarding\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I Set Up Email Forwarding?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Email forwarding can be used when out of the office or when setting up a catch-all email address. This article shows you how to configure your mailbox to forward all emails to another address. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mailboxes and Forwarding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mailbox forwarding in the Account Control Center (ACC) is set up by using recipes, which you can learn more about in our Email Recipes article<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two types of recipes that can be used to set up email forwarding: mailbox<\/strong> and forwarding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both options will get the job done, but it's important to know the difference if you want the most efficient setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We've outlined the differences below.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mailbox<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A mailbox recipe is used to send emails from one Account Control Center (ACC) mailbox to another. This is faster than forwarding since it is traveling within the ACC system.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mailbox recipe should not be used for forwarding to email accounts outside of the ACC.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forwarding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Forwarding recipes are used to forward emails from an Account Control Center (ACC) mailbox to an email address outside of the ACC. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A forwarding recipes should not be used to forward mail between two ACC mailboxes.<\/strong> It is much more efficient to use the mailbox recipe to forward mail between two ACC mailboxes. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting up a Mailbox Recipe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This recipe automatically delivers an email message to a specified mailbox on your account. <\/span>When used by two Pair email addresses, this is faster than forwarding.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n