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If customers already email [email protected], there is no need to move them. Forward that address to us, and each message becomes a conversation in your inbox. Replies go back out from your address, so nothing changes for the customer. No DNS changes. No code.

Set it up

1

Add the channel

In the dashboard, go to Channels and pick Email.
2

Tell us the address you forward from

Your own support address, like [email protected]. We detect your provider from the domain, so there is no list to pick from.
3

Copy your forwarding address

You get one that looks like [email protected]. This is the destination for the rule you are about to create.
4

Turn forwarding on at your provider

The dashboard shows the steps for your specific provider. Follow them in another tab and leave the dashboard open so you can copy as you go.

Why we ask what you forward from

Two reasons, and both save you trouble later. First, it tells us which setup instructions to show you. Gmail and Google Workspace share mail servers but have completely different instructions. A personal account goes through Settings and needs a confirmation code; a Workspace domain goes through the admin console and does not. Guessing from mail servers alone would send half of all Gmail users down the wrong path. Second, it lets us recognise your provider’s own messages, so a forwarding confirmation email does not turn into a support ticket.

Providers we give specific steps for

Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook and Hotmail, Microsoft 365, Yahoo, iCloud, and Zoho. Anything else gets generic instructions, which work fine. Every mail provider can forward; only the menus differ.

Confirmation codes

Some providers, Gmail especially, send a confirmation code to the destination address before they will forward anything. We catch that automatically. The code arrives at your forwarding address, we recognise it as a setup message rather than a customer question, and the dashboard shows it to you. It never becomes a ticket.

The four states

The Channels screen shows which one you are in: The middle two look identical if you only check whether the channel is enabled, which is why they are named separately. “Waiting” almost always means the forwarding rule at your provider was never switched on.

Threading

A reply to an existing conversation joins that conversation, not a new one, using the mail headers your provider already sets. Your customer sees a normal email thread.

Disconnecting

Disconnecting makes us forget the forwarding address and stop accepting mail.
Switch the forwarding rule off at your mail provider too. If you only disconnect here, your support mail goes nowhere.
Conversations that already arrived stay in your inbox, and you keep the same forwarding address if you set it up again later.