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title: How to Forward an Email to Gmail or Other Email Service Providers
description: "## How to forward an email? **1.** Log in to your cPanel account. **2.** In the **Email** section, click on **Forwarders** and then click on **Add Forwarder**. ![](/img/email-forward-icon.gif) **3.** Enter the following details: - **Address to Forward**: Enter the email…"
url: "https://www.aeserver.com/support/how-to-forward-an-email-to-gmail-or-other-email-service-providers/"
updated: "2025-01-05"
category: cPanel Control Panel
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# How to Forward an Email to Gmail or Other Email Service Providers

## How to forward an email?

**1.** Log in to your cPanel account.

**2.** In the **Email** section, click on **Forwarders** and then click on **Add Forwarder**.
![](/img/email-forward-icon.gif)

**3.** Enter the following details:

- **Address to Forward**: Enter the email address you want to forward. If you're going to forward your myemail@example.com to a custom e-mail address, enter **myemail** in this field.
- **Domain**: Select the appropriate domain from the **Domain** drop-down list if you have multiple domains.
- In the **Destination** section, select **Forward to email address** and enter your e-mail address on which you want to receive forwarded emails.

![](/img/email-forward-steps.gif)

**4**. Click on **Add Forwarder**.

## How to forward an email to a mail pipe script/program?

**1.** In the **Email** section, click on **Forwarders** and then choose **Add Forwarder**.

**2.** Enter the following details:

- **Address to Forward**: Enter the email address you want to forward.
- **Domain**: Select the appropriate domain from the **Domain** drop-down list if you have multiple domains.

**3.** In the **Destination** section, click on **Advanced Options**, select **Pipe to a Program** and enter the full path of your pipe script, such as `home/username/public_html/myemailpipe.php`. You may have noticed that we do not use a slash at the beginning of the URL.
![](/img/email-pipe.gif)

**4.** Click on **Add Forwarder**.