# How to set up an Email forwarder

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An **email forwarder** automatically sends a copy of your incoming mail to another address – handy for routing mail to a team or reading several addresses in one inbox. You can set this up in two places: your hosting panel (cPanel) or Roundcube. This guide covers both.

## Option 1: Set up a forwarder in cPanel

This is the standard way, and it forwards *all* mail for an address.

![Email Forwarders cPanel JetHost](https://jethost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/email-forwarders.png)1. In your hosting panel, open **Forwarders** (under the Email section).
2. Click **Add Forwarder**.
3. Enter the address whose mail you want to forward, and the destination address it should go to.
4. Click **Add Forwarder** to save.

![Add new email forwarder](https://jethost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/add-new-email-forwarder.png)By default the mail is still delivered to the original mailbox too, so nothing is lost. To forward to more than one place, add a separate forwarder for each destination.

## Option 2: Forward from Roundcube (via a filter)

Roundcube has no separate "forwarders" screen, but you can forward mail with a filter – useful when you want to forward only *some* messages, or without opening the panel.

1. [Log in to your webmail](https://jethost.com/kb/access-webmail-roundcube/) and open **Settings → Filters**.
2. Create a new filter. To forward everything, set the rule to match all messages; to forward only some, add a condition such as *From contains*.
3. For the action, choose **Redirect message to** and enter the destination address. Tick **keep a copy** if you also want it in this mailbox.
4. Click **Save**.

## Remove forwarding

To stop it, delete the forwarder under **Forwarders** in the panel, or delete the filter under **Settings → Filters** in Roundcube – whichever one you used. Mail then simply stays in the original mailbox.

## JetHost Experts Tip

Use the cPanel forwarder to forward everything for an address, and a Roundcube filter when you only want to forward certain messages. Avoid setting up both for the same mail, or a message can be sent on twice.

## Need more help?

Forwarded mail not arriving? It can land in the destination’s spam folder – check there first. Still stuck? Open a ticket through **Client Area → Support Tickets**.