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Which email is this?

1. In Gmail (on a computer): Settings gear, See all settings, "Forwarding and POP/IMAP", "Add a forwarding address", paste your address above, Next, Proceed.

2. Google emails a confirmation. We catch it for you, no code to type.

Watching for Google's confirmation. If nothing in 30s, click "Re-send email" in Gmail.

Confirmation captured. Make sure you are signed into your Gmail in this browser, then open the link. Multiple Google accounts? Copy it and open in the right one.

Or paste this code in Gmail

3. After it confirms, back in Gmail pick "Forward a copy of incoming mail to" your address and Save.

Gmail is the slowest to register a new forwarding address. Leave this page open, it watches and updates itself.

1. On a computer, go to icloud.com/mail and sign in.

2. At the top of the mailbox list, click the actions icon, then Settings.

3. Choose Mail Forwarding, check "Forward my email to", and paste your address above. Leave "Delete messages after forwarding" unchecked.

iCloud has no code to confirm, it just starts forwarding. (Set it on icloud.com, not the iPhone Mail app.)

1. On outlook.com, click the gear (Settings) at the top right.

2. Go to Mail > Forwarding, turn on "Enable forwarding", and paste your address above.

3. Check "Keep a copy", then Save. (Outlook may ask you to turn on two-step verification first.)

No code to confirm, it starts forwarding right away.

1. Open your email's Settings and find Forwarding (often under "Mail" or "Accounts").

2. Add a forwarding address, paste your address above, and choose to keep a copy in your inbox.

Works best with providers that forward without a confirmation step. If yours needs a code, finish that in its settings.

Last step: send yourself a test email, then watch it land here.

Watching for your first forwarded email...

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What should we text you about?

We only text and count the ones that matter. You can change this anytime.

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The stuff that matters (recommended)

Real people emailing you. We skip newsletters, receipts, and promos automatically.

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Only schools & coaches

Just .edu addresses: college coaches, schools, recruiters.

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A specific person

Only when a certain someone emails you.

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Everything

Every email. Can get noisy.