Set up automatic forwarding

This page is targeted for

  • Those who wish to forward emails to another address

This page includes two ways to set up forwarding.

  • If you want to forward all your emails to another address, see 1. Forward all emails.

  • If you want to only forward certain kinds of messages or if you want to forward your emails to multiple addresses, see 2. Forward part of your emails.

If you'd like to stop forwarding, see Turn automatic forwarding off.

  1. Forward all emails

1. On the top right, click Settings (gear icon) > See all settings.


2. Open the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab and click Add a forwarding address in the Forwarding section.

3. Enter an email address you'd like to forward your emails to, and click Next.

4. Make sure you typed the forwarding address correctly and click Proceed.

Note: Skip 5. – 7. if the forwarding address contains a subdomain of kyoto-u.ac.jp, like user@xxx.yyy.kyoto-u.ac.jp.

5. A confirmation code is sent to the forwarding address. Click OK to close the window.

6. Log in to the account you want to forward messages to and open the confirmation email to find the code.

7. Go back to KUMail, enter the confirmation code, and click Verify.

8. Make sure the forwarding address is successfully added to your settings and Disable forwarding is selected.

If you intend to only forward certain kinds of messages, or if you'd like to forward your emails to multiple addresses, go on to 2. Forward part of your emails.

If you wish to forward all your emails without using filters, go to the next step.

9. Check Forward a copy of incoming mail to (your forwarding address) and choose what you want to happen with the Gmail copy of your emails.

You can either keep the copy in the Inbox, keep and mark it as read, move it to All Mail, or delete it from the Inbox.

At the bottom, click Save Changes.

10. You'll be back in the Inbox and the forwarding setup is complete.

2. Forward part of your emails

This setting is recommended only for

  • those who want to forward certain kinds of messages based on its size, main texts, and others

  • those who have multiple forwarding addresses.

Before you set up, you need to add a forwarding address. See step 1. – 7. in 1. Forward all emails. If you have multiple forwarding addresses, repeat these steps.

1. On the top right, click Settings (gear icon) > See all settings.

Open the Filters and Blocked Addresses tab and click Create a new filter.

2. Enter your search criteria and click Create filter.

If you search for messages greater than 1 Bytes, you can forward all your emails (though this is not recommended).

3. Check Forward it to:, choose the forwarding address, and click Create filter.

4. The new filter is successfully added to your settings.

Turn automatic forwarding off

1. On the top right, click Settings (gear icon) > See all settings.


2. Open the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.

3. In the Forwarding section, click on your forwarding address and choose Remove (your forwarding address) (in use).

4. Click OK.

Note: If you set up forwarding with a filter, removing the forwarding address will also delete the filter.

Now you've set up automatic forwarding, go back to Home and go on to the next step.