Enabling or Disabling Forwarding from Your VT Google Apps Mail Account
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Question:
How do I forward emails from my VT Google Apps Mail account?

Answer:

To enable or disable forwarding from your VT Google Apps account:
  1. Go to the VT Google Apps (http://my.vt.edu/) Web site.
  2. In the Username text box, type your Virginia Tech PID.
  3. In the Password text box, type your Google password.
  4. Click the Sign in button.
  5. In the top-right corner, click the Gear button.
  6. From the drop-down list, select Settings.
  7. Select the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
  8. Enable or disable email forwarding.
    • To enable email forwarding:
      1. Set Google to forward email.
        1. To the right of Forwarding, click the Add a forwarding address button.
        2. In the Add a forwarding address text box, type the email address to which you want to forward your VT Mail.
        3. Click the Next button.
        4. Click the Proceed button.
        5. Click OK.
      2. A confirmation email will be sent to the email address to which you want to forward mail.
        1. Check the mail for the account to which you want to forward email.
        2. Open the Gmail Forwarding Confirmation email from the Gmail Team.
        3. Click the appropriate link to confirm the forwarding request.
      3. Turn forwarding on for the email forwarding address you added.
        1. Repeat steps 1-7.
        2. To the right of Forwarding, click the Forward a copy of incoming mail to [Email Address] and keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox radio button.

          Note: Replace [Email Address] with the email address to which you want to forward mail.

        3. Click the Save Changes button.
    • To disable email forwarding:
      1. To the right of Forwarding, click the Disable forwarding radio button.
      2. Click the Save Changes button.
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