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# Setting Up Email Forwarders

Email forwarders automatically redirect incoming mail from one address to another — either within your domain or to an external address.

## Creating a Forwarder

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to Mail">
    Log in to Plesk and click **Mail** in the left sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the Mailbox">
    Click on the email address you want to forward from.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go to Forwarding">
    Click the **Forwarding** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enable Forwarding">
    Check **Switch on mail forwarding** and enter the destination address to forward mail to.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **OK** to apply.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Info>
  You can forward to multiple addresses by entering each one on a separate line.
</Info>

## Forwarding Without Keeping a Copy

By default, Plesk can store a copy in the local mailbox while also forwarding. If you do not want to retain a local copy, disable the mailbox storage option on the same settings page.

## Forwarder-Only Address (No Mailbox)

If you want a forwarding address that does not have a mailbox at all (e.g. `contact@example.com` forwards to your personal Gmail), create the email address in Plesk, then disable the mailbox and enable forwarding as described above.