What is Zoho Mail
Zoho Mail is a professional email provider trusted by businesses and individuals around the world. It offers a secure, ad-free experience, complete with advanced features like custom domains, filters, rules, and integrations with other Zoho applications. Whether you’re running a business or simply want a reliable mailbox for personal use, Zoho Mail provides a modern, clutter-free interface with enterprise-grade security.
It is one of the more trusted email providers that pretty much any website will accept, as is Gmail, Hotmail/Outlook and Yahoo Mail.
Why Set Up Forwarding?
Email forwarding lets you automatically send a copy of all incoming emails from your Zoho Mail account to another address.
This can be useful for several reasons:
- Centralized inbox: If you manage multiple email accounts, forwarding helps you collect all messages in one place
- Backup: Forwarding ensures you never miss important emails if you forget to check Zoho Mail
- Collaboration: Share emails with a colleague or assistant without manually forwarding them each time
- Transition: If you’re migrating to a new email provider but still receive mail at your Zoho account, forwarding makes the transition smooth
How to Set Up Forwarding?
Setting up forwarding in Zoho Mail is quick and straightforward. I will show you how to forward all incoming emails to a different email address.
Follow these steps:
- Log in to Zoho Mail using your account credentials
- Click on the Settings (gear icon) in the top-right corner
- Click on Filters
- Under Incoming Emails Filter, click on New Filter
- Enter a Filter Name
- Choose No Conditions. All Incoming Emails
- Under Actions, choose Forward Email To
- Enter the email address you want to forward to, and click Save
You will see a notification like this:
“New filter created with given conditions. Verification pending. Filter based forwarding can be enabled only after verification. Filters will be applied only for the emails that arrive from now on and you cannot use ‘Run through’ for filter based forwarding to auto-forward older emails“
Now Zoho Mail will send a verification link to the forwarding address. Open that email and you will see something like this:
Greetings from Zoho team.
Email auto-forwarding has been setup from [EMAIL] to automatically forward the incoming emails to the account [EMAIL].
To confirm and consent to receive auto-forwarded emails from the account, the following confirmation code should be entered in the Zoho settings for email forwarding in the [EMAIL] account.
Confirmation code: [CODE]
Once verified, the email forwarding will be enabled in the [EMAIL] account and [EMAIL] account will receive emails automatically based on the forwarding setup.
Refer here for more detailed documentation on email forwarding.
Feel free to reach out to [email protected], in case you need any clarifications.
Regards,
Zoho team.
Now copy the Confirmation Code and go back to Zoho Mail, click on Verify, insert the code, and click Confirm
That’s it, forwarding is now active!
Here is a video I made talking about this:
Summary
Zoho Mail is a secure and professional email platform, and setting up forwarding allows you to simplify email management, keep backups, and ensure you never miss a message. By following the steps above, you can quickly activate forwarding to another email account and streamline your workflow.