How to block forward mail to another gmail account
To block forward mail to another Gmail account, you can follow these steps:
Method 1: Using Gmail's built-in feature
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and select "See all settings."
- Go to the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab.
- Click on "Create a new filter."
- In the "From" field, enter the email address of the account you want to forward mail to.
- Click on "Create filter."
- In the "Apply the label" dropdown menu, select "Never send it to spam" and then click on "Create."
- This will block forward mail to the specified account.
Method 2: Using Gmail's "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" settings
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and select "See all settings."
- Go to the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab.
- Scroll down to the "Forwarding" section.
- Click on the "Add a forwarding address" button.
- Enter the email address of the account you want to forward mail to.
- Click on "Next."
- Click on "Add" to add the forwarding address.
- Go back to the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab and click on the "Save Changes" button.
- This will forward mail to the specified account, but you can still block it by following the steps in Method 1.
Method 3: Using Gmail's "Filters" feature with a custom subject line
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and select "See all settings."
- Go to the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab.
- Click on "Create a new filter."
- In the "Subject" field, enter a custom subject line that will trigger the filter (e.g. "Forward to another account").
- Click on "Create filter."
- In the "Apply the label" dropdown menu, select "Never send it to spam" and then click on "Create."
- This will block forward mail to the specified account with the custom subject line.
Note: Make sure to test the filters and forwarding settings to ensure they are working as expected.