Enabling Email Forwarding in Outlook

Summary

Some users may prefer to receive email messages sent to their UW account in a different personal email account. Email sent to your UW email account can be redirected to another email account by setting up a rule in Outlook.

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Forwarding email sent to an Office 365 mailbox 

1. Go to outlook.com and click the sign in option. Enter your UW email address and you will be redirected to the University of Wyoming single-sign-on portal. Log in using your University of Wyoming credentials. 

 

2. Once logged in click the ⚙️ Settings gear (top right)

 

3. Click Mail > Forwarding > and toggle the option to enable mail forwarding. 

Screenshot of the Outlook on the web Settings menu showing the steps to enable email forwarding. Red circles highlight the Mail category in the left navigation pane, the Forwarding option in the Mail settings menu, and the Enable forwarding toggle switch on the right side of the page. The Forwarding settings pane includes a field labeled "Forward my email to:" with a sample email address and a checked option to keep a copy of forwarded messages.

4. Make sure to select the option to "keep a copy of forwarded messages" to keep a copy in your original account. 


Screenshot of the Outlook on the web Forwarding settings page. The Enable forwarding option is turned on, and an email address field contains "example@gmail.com" as the forwarding destination. Below the address field, the Keep a copy of forwarded messages checkbox is selected, indicating that messages will be forwarded while retaining a copy in the original mailbox.
5. Once your preferred options are selected click save. 

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Article ID: 7456
Created
Tue 7/7/15 3:55 PM
Modified
Thu 6/18/26 11:39 AM