Forward accounts provide a function very similar to aliases. That is, they allow mail addressed to one user to be sent to another user. The difference is that forward accounts are used to point towards accounts in other domains (including secondary domains).
Forward accounts are particularly useful for people at remote sites, or who may be traveling on assignment or are on vacation.
You can create a forward account the same way as creating a user account, select Forward in the drop down box of the Add New User page.
To forward messages to a mail account on an offsite domain, manually type in the email address of the account where you wish the mail to be forwarded to in the Forward to field, for example, user@otherdomain.com .
To forward mail from any local secondary domains to the primary domain or vice-versa, first add the Forward account in the proper domain. Then click on the ... ( browse ) button.
You can select the domain you wish the forward to point with the Domain drop down box. The Type and Filter boxes allow you to filter which accounts are displayed. This is handy when you have a large number of users in that specific domain. Click the Expand button in order to view your modified user list.
Note: SLmail does not check to see whether the account that you specify in a forward actually exists. You should also take care to avoid a circular situation where a forward points to an account which will send the mail right back at itself.
In the Control Panel Applet right-click in any white space in the window and select New > Forward from the popup menu. The new forward account will appear in the window.
Enter the name for the new account and hit ENTER. The Forward to dialog box will open.
Select the domain to forward the account to in the list box at the top of the dialog box and then enter the username of the forward account or select a valid user account in the list in the dialog box. You must click OK on the Forward to dialog box to add the new account.