While you can add email forwarding to any domain name in your account, if you already have a hosting package with Fasthosts, you can create individual email forwarders to forward email from one address to another.
For example: If you have a forwarder you@yourdomain.co.uk, you could set it to forward all mail to you@gmail.com.
Difficulty
How long will it take me?
- Around 3 minutes to create the forwarder in your control panel.
What will I need?
- A hosting package. How can I add a hosting package to my domain name?
- Am email address to forward emails to.
Video guides
Step 1
Step 2
Select Web Hosting from the Hosting & Domains menu
Step 3
A list of your hosting packages will appear. Click on the package you want to setup spam filters for.
Step 4
Click the Email tab.
Step 5
Click the Add a Forwarder button.
Step 6
In the Create email address section enter the email address for your mailbox, and the display name you would like to use. The display name is usually what other people see when they receive your emails.
Step 7
Next, enter the email address you would like the mails to forward to and click Create Forwarder.
Your forwarder has now been set up and is ready to use.
In most cases the email forwarder will be ready to use immediately. However, in some rare circumstances it may take a little longer, especially if there are a lot of simultaneous mailbox creations. If your email forwarder is not ready after 30 minutes, please don't hesitate in getting in contact with us.
Our mail forwarders are subject to the same sending limits of our normal mailboxes:
- 50 emails in one instance.
- 50 emails in a 10 minute period.
- 1000 emails in a 24 hour period.