Forward Samford E-Mail Instructions

Law students frequently ask how to forward Samford e-mail to a Hotmail, AOL, Gmail, or other e-mail account. To Forward Outlook e-mail to another e-mail account:

 Log on to Outlook: http://email.samford.edu

*Click the Rules button — the buttons are in the bottom left corner of the screen

Click on New to create a new rule:

A dialog box will appear:

Insert a Rule Name such as Forward Samford E-Mail. Then, click the Forward it to button and insert your e-mail address where you want to receive the forwarded e-mails.

Then click the Save and Close button.

Click OK. Your e-mails should now forward to your selected e-mail address.

To test the rule:

Send yourself an e-mail and watch for it to appear in your Samford mailbox. Then check your Gmail, Hotmail, AOL, etc. account to be sure this works. It usually only takes a minute or two to forward.

Your e-mail will continue to arrive at the Samford account even though it is auto-forwarded to another e-mail account. Be sure to check Samford mail and delete unwanted messages so that your mailbox does not fill to the 50 MB capacity.

For help with these instructions or other computer issues, please see Grace Simms, ext. 2687, Law Library 251-A, glsimms@samford.edu