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[PeterC]

Hi,

I need to setup an e-mail forward that will take mail sent to one address and then forward it to two other accounts.

Can this be done? I've tried to set this up, but it always fails when i try to add the second address.

Thanks for your time.

PeterC

[tony]

Yes this can be done. If you are on Cpanel, just add each forwarder separately.

[Howard Kaplan]

Another alternative is to use filtering rather than forwarding. I actually found filtering easier to use, because I want to direct any of three different To: addresses (husband.and.wife@..., wife.and.husband@..., both@...) to be delivered to each of two personal accounts. This would take six forwarders, but I can do it all within a single filter.

Also, a forwarder will leave a copy of the forwarded message behind in the originally-adressed inbox, while a filter can be set to delete the incoming message after sending the copies to the right destinations. I've seen documentation of other cPanel installations where the message can be automatically deleted after forwarding, but that option is apparently not available here.