Forget Forwarders - do this instead!

Because forwarding your emails is automated system that forwards both legitimate and spammy emails, other providers may find the amount of non-legitimate email being forwarded unacceptable – and block you. This not only affects your forwarder, but your ability to send to @gmail.com or @hotmail.com directly!

Instead, the better option is to have Gmail pull emails from your @mydomain.com account directly, and save the forwarding. Here’s how to set that up.

Important: This solution might not be the best option for your needs, it assumes that you as the mail admin are OK with the recipient knowing the login info for this emails address. If that is not ideal, using a forwarder allows the mail admin to maintain control or who receives what, and the mail admin can revoke a forwarder at any time.

IMPORTANT TIP: This process will prompt GMAIL to import all emails in your email’s Inbox. If you have a large inbox, or you’re the sort of person who leaves all of your emails in the Inbox, consider clearing your Inbox first by moving emails into a new folder.

1. Click the cogwheel in the top right, and click ‘All Settings’ to open up your full settings suite in gmail.
2. Click Accounts and Import, locate the Check Mail and Other Accounts section, and click Add a Mail Account.
3. Enter the email address you’d like to sync.
4. Select Import emails from my other account (POP3)
5. Enter your email login information. Remember to use your FULL email address. If you don’t have these settings, they are available in your webmail
   1. Check Leave a copy on the server
   2. Connect over SSL
   3. Check Label incoming messages
6. Click add Account. You will now see this account under Check Mail and Other Accounts.
7. These emails will now be added to your GMAIL, and because we checked Label Incoming Messages you can see just these synced emails by filtering for that label.