Dear Geek,
I have an e-mail account for my Kitty Cat fan club, my personal e-mail, and my work e-mail. I spend way too long checking each e-mail account separately. Is there a way to get all of my e-mails in one place?
Sincerely,
Kitty Cats and work, all in one place!
Dear Kitty Cats in Suits,
There is a way to do that, don’t worry! Because the most used e-mail platform is g-mail, I’m going to explain how to do this through g-mail, but it will be very similar between other ones as well.
The first thing you need to do is open g-mail and log on to the e-mail you would like to forward (not the one you want to forward to). You’ll want to click the gear button in the top right hand corner, and select Settings. Select “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab. There should be a button saying “Add a forwarding address”, click on it, and a box should come up where you can add a forwarding e-mail. This will be the e-mail they send all your stuff from the first e-mail address to, or your main e-mail address. They will then send an e-mail to your main address, just confirming that this forwarding of e-mail is verified. There will be a link in this e-mail that you will need to click on to confirm that you want things forwarded to this e-mail.
Back in your e-mail you want to be forwarded, you should refresh the page, then go back to the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab. Select the “Forward a copy incoming mail to” option, and make sure the new forwarding address (email address you want your email forwarded to) is listed in the first drop-down menu. In the second drop-down menu, you can choose some additional options, such as “keep G-mails copy in the inbox”, or “archive G-mail’s copy”. Once you choose all these options, click the “Save changes” button at the bottom.
Multiple e-mail addresses can be added as forwarding addresses in the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab.
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