Enable Mail Forwarding In Microsoft Outlook

How often do you forward emails? Are you tired of forwarding emails every time you are required to? When you have so many emails to forward, doing it manually will really be a tiring and boring task. It is okay when you need to forward just a few messages. All you have to do is type the email address of the recipient in the address field and click the “Forward” option. 

But when you have too many emails to forward and when the mails have to be forwarded as and when you receive them, you can make use of the Automatic Mail Forwarding feature in Outlook to make things easier. Mail forwarding in Outlook is done by setting up a rule. You can either forward all your messages or set specific criteria to forward only certain messages.

Instructions

• Launch Microsoft Outlook on your computer. 
• In order to forward emails to your Gmail account, you need to add your Gmail account to your Outlook Address Book. Go to the File menu at the top of the Outlook window and click on Manage Rules and Alerts. 
• Click on the New Rule button. You can choose a template that you want from the Stay Organized or Stay Up to Date collection of templates. Edit the rule description by clicking an underlined value. For example, if you click the people or public group link, the Address Book opens. Click the Next button.
•  Select the conditions that incoming messages must meet, for the rule to apply.
• Edit the rule description.
• Click the Next button.
• Select the action you would like to take place. In this case, you would want to select Forward. Choose the Gmail address to forward to from your address book. Click the Next button.
• Set up any exceptions to the rule. For example, if you want to exclude messages from a certain person, select Except if from People or Distribution List, Click on the underlined text and select the exempted people from your address book. Click the Next button.
• Give your rule a name and select any of the options that Outlook presents you with.
• Click the Finish button. The messages you have specified would now be forwarded to your Gmail account.

You have now successfully configured Microsoft Outlook to forward emails to your Gmail account from your Outlook Address Book. So no more hassles of forwarding emails manually. Moreover, mail forwarding happens in an orderly and systematic way.