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Email Forwarding Setup

Email forwarding aliases provides domain-named email addresses that forwarding to your actual email accounts. See the diagram on the right for examples of how you can use these forwarding aliases.

If you'd like actual POP3 email accounts, consider purchasing an Email Pak (10 email accounts) to receive and send domain-named emails using your email client (like Outlook Express) and WebMail.

To setup email forwarding, please follow these steps:
  1. Click on the Login Now link on the GetYourChurchDomain.com home page and login using your account information.

  2. Click on the "domain names" > "my domains" in the left navigation menu.

  3. Click on the domain name that you wish to configure, listed on the MY DOMAINS screen.


  4. Scroll down to the section labeled "Email Settings". The current service should say: email forwarding.

    • If the current service indicated is not email forwarding, click on the CHANGE SERVICE button to select your current service.
    • Select the radio button next to Email Forwarding, then click on the SAVE CHANGES button.


  5. Scroll down to the "Email Settings" section, and click on the CONFIGURE button.


  6. On the Configure Email Settings screen, enter the email alias under the "Username" column, and the actual email address it forwards to under the "Forward To" column. For example, if you enter a Username of "pastor", your email forwarding alias will be "pastor@yourchurchhome.org".


  7. Click on the SAVE CHANGES button to finish.


  8. Your email settings section will look something like below (this is just an example):


    • You'll be able to edit and modify these email forwarding settings any time.
    • You can enter 5 new email forwarding aliases at a time.
    • Repeat from step #4 above to add more email aliases, up to 100 in all.

  9. Send an email to one of your email forwarding aliases to see how it works!


TIP: Print out this page to make it easier to follow the step-by-step instructions.

Email Forwarding Examples

You can use email forwarding aliases in a variety of ways. Here are some examples to help you seen the possibilities.

You can setup an email alias that forwards to one email address. (e.g. pastor@yourchurchhome.org forwards to the pastor's actual email)


You can setup several email aliases that forward to one email address. (e.g. CEdirector@yourchurchhome.org and DeaconJoe@yourchurchhome.org forwards to your Deacon of Christian Education)


You can setup an email alias that forwards to several email addresses. (e.g. events@yourchurchhome.org forwards to your church events planning team)


You can setup a "catch all" email alias that forwards everything that doesn't have an email forwarding defined to go to an email address.


To setup any of these specific options, follow the step-by-step instructions at Email Forwarding Solutions.




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