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Enable Email forwarding from your Microsoft 365 Outlook account

Enable Email forwarding from your Microsoft 365 Outlook account

Gmail Send-as and similar features provided by other third party mail clients will no longer function. To send mail as a UWaterloo address, it will be necessary to log into the inbox directly or use a mail client that can add accounts from multiple services.

Enable Email Forwarding

Step-by-Step

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to https://outlook.office.com

  2. Login using your UW userid and password

  3. Click on the Gear  icon, in the top right hand corner of the window, to enter settings

  4. Under the Mail section, click Forwarding

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  1. Click the slider to Enable forwarding

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  1. In the “Forward my email to:” box, enter the email address that you would like to forward your email

  2. Its important to note that a copy of forwarded messages will always be kept in your inbox. This is policy.

  3. Click the Save button and close the settings window

10.   Test the forwarding by sending an email to you @uwaterloo.ca email address and ensure that it is delivered to the email address that you entered above

Disable Email Forwarding

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to https://outlook.office.com

  2. Login using your UW userid and password

  3. Click on the Gear  icon, in the top right hand corner of the window, to enter settings

  4. Under the Mail section, click Forwarding

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  1. Click the slider to disable forwarding

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  1. Click the save button and close the window

 

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