How to add an email forwarder in cPanel?

The article describes how to set forwarding for the cPanel email service. 

for cPanel paper_lantern theme: 
1. Log into your cPanel, navigate to Email section > Forwarders:



2. To create a new forwarding rule, click on Add Forwarder:



3. Fill out the fields and when ready click on Add Forwarder:



Remember; You can forward emails sent to a non-existent mailbox without having to create the mailbox itself.

If you would like to set up a catch-all, you can use the Default Address menu:



The default email address will ‘catch’ any mail that is sent to an invalid email address for your domain.

So if you would like all email sent to @yourdomain.com to be forwarded to the existing mailbox [email protected], the forwarder should look as follows:




for cPanel x3 theme:

1. Log into your cPanel, navigate to section Mail > Forwarders:



2. To create a new forwarding rule, click on Add Forwarder:



3. Fill out the fields and when ready click on Add Forwarder:



Remember; You can forward emails sent to a non-existent mailbox without having to create the mailbox itself.

If you would like to set up a catch-all, you can use the Default Address menu:



The default email address will ‘catch’ any mail that is sent to an invalid email address for your domain.

So if you would like all email sent to @yourdomain.com to be forwarded to the existing mailbox [email protected], the forwarder should look as follows: