email forwarding

noun
UK /ˈiːmeɪl ˈfɔːwədɪŋ/
US /ˈiːmeɪl ˈfɔːrwərdɪŋ/

Email forwarding is when a computer sends a message you got to another person for you.

She set up email forwarding so all her work messages go to her home inbox.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A mail server feature that automatically resends incoming messages to a different address.

The admin enabled email forwarding on the old account.

3. The act of manually passing along a received email to someone else.

Email forwarding of that joke chain got him in trouble at the office.

4. A service that gives you a permanent address that redirects to your real inbox.

He uses email forwarding to keep a single public contact address.