# If you have a gmail address can you set it up to forward e-mails to another account?

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**Created:** [August 17, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-gmail-address-can-you-set-it-up-to-forward-e-mails-to-another-account/793837 "2017-08-17T00:24:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-gmail-address-can-you-set-it-up-to-forward-e-mails-to-another-account/793837/1 "2017-08-17T00:24:04Z")

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Does gmail have an auto-forward function?

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-gmail-address-can-you-set-it-up-to-forward-e-mails-to-another-account/793837/2 "2017-08-17T00:49:34Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Does gmail have an auto-forward function?

Yes. It’s under settings or some such.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-gmail-address-can-you-set-it-up-to-forward-e-mails-to-another-account/793837/3 "2017-08-17T01:33:30Z")

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Yes, Gmail says it can forward all or some messages: [Automatically forward Gmail messages to another account - Gmail Help](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10957?hl=en)

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-gmail-address-can-you-set-it-up-to-forward-e-mails-to-another-account/793837/4 "2017-08-17T01:35:45Z")

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Gear icon in the upper right, Settings, Forwarding and Pop/IMAP, Forwarding field at the top.