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How to Setup Mail Forwarding

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Article Summary

  • Mail Forwarding lets you create an address on your domain that forwards received email to one or more other addresses.
  • If your DNS is not managed by No-IP, set your highest priority (lowest number) MX record to mx.noip.com.
  • For Plus Managed DNS domains or Enhanced Dynamic DNS hostnames, the MX record is added automatically.
  • In your account, click 'My Services' > 'Email', then 'Configure' for your domain and 'Add New Account'.
  • Enter the address in 'Forward User' and the destinations in the 'Fwd To Address' fields, then click 'Add Forward'.

What is Mail Forwarding?

Mail Forwarding is a managed mail service allows you to easily setup an email address for your domain. With your new email address, you can receive emails at your new address and have them forwarded to a different address or multiple addresses of your choice.

Setup

The first step is to add our MX record (mx.noip.com) to your domain.
  • If your domain or hostname is not managed by No-IP.com, you must specify our mail server for your domain. Login to your DNS provider’s control panel and set your highest priority (lowest number) MX record to mx.noip.com.
  • If you purchased Mail Forwarding for a No-IP Plus Managed DNS domain or a No-IP Enhanced Dynamic DNS hostname, the MX record will be added automatically.
Create an Email Address:
Next you must create the mail forwarding address.

  1. If your domain or hostname is not managed by No-IP.com, you must specify our mail server for your domain. Login to your DNS provider’s control panel and set your highest priority (lowest number) MX record to mx.noip.com.

  2. If you purchased Mail Forwarding for a No-IP Plus Managed DNS domain or a No-IP Enhanced Dynamic DNS hostname, the MX record will be added automatically.

  3. Log into your No-IP account

  4. Click on My Services then Email.

  5. Click on Configure for your domain.

  6. Click Add New Account.

  7. In the Forward User field, enter the email address you want to create.

  8. In the Fwd To Address fields, enter the addresses you want to forward the messages to.

  9. Once you are done filling out the fields, click on Add Forward.