Global Forwards

All FastVirtual hosting plans include global email forwards.

A global email forward is the catch-all of email options and automatically forwards all email sent to your domain to a specified email address.

You can use a global email forward in conjunction with other email options. In this case, all other options take precedence, so that the global forward is used only when necessary.

Global email forwards are easily added and configured from the "Email" area of your account control panel.

Note: By enabling a global email forward, you will receive all email addressed to your domain, whether or not the the actual email address exists. As this will also increase your vulnerability to randomly addressed spam, unless you have a specific need for a global forward, we do not recommend enabling this option.

Global Email Forwards Explained

A global email forward sends all email addressed to your domain to a specified email address. This can be any valid email address, whether hosted by FastVirtual, or elsewhere.

Usually, if someone were to send a message to a non-existent email address (perhaps due to a typo), the message would be returned with a "User Unknown" error message. A global forward allows you to receive such messages, even if the "to" address does not exist on your domain.

Other email options take precedence, so you can still configure email accounts, forwards, and autoresponders on your domain. The global forward will only intervene if the email address doesn't exist.

Advanced users could use a global email alias in conjunction with 3rd-party software to collect all email addressed their domain, and then redistribute this over an intranet.