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title: "Outlook Web App: Configuring Forwarding Rules"
canonical: "https://help.nnu.edu/space/TMR/blog/18317344/Outlook%20Web%20App%3A%20Configuring%20Forwarding%20Rules"
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**Quick summary: **As we continue to learn in our new Microsoft environment, here are some helpful tools to keep you productive. 

> 📝 **Note: **Forwarding or redirecting to external email accounts is disabled for NNU employees

# Configuring Forwarding Rules in Outlook Web App

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## [# Outlook](https://outlook.office.com/mail/)

### 1. Click on Settings

![Click on Settings](media://10ac30b3-7437-4810-9ca9-80145e451bce)

 

### 2. Click on Rules

![Click on Rules](media://a351bfac-0a2d-40a1-b7f4-09807ced722f)

### 3. Click on Add new rule

![Click on Add new rule](media://5303021b-1a92-405a-95ac-506c89f63044)

### 4. Name your rule i.e. "Forwarding" or "Redirecting"

![image](media://ca49ca5f-ba87-4c58-bf45-8733bf3b4926)

### 5. Click on Select a condition

![Click on Select a condition](media://ca647488-2789-4793-9f59-00d1aa78155a)

### 6. Click on Apply to all messages

![Click on Apply to all messages](media://2fc3b400-eb66-448e-ae4a-ccc97330abf6)

### 7. Click on Select a action

![Click on Select a action](media://e91611bd-f1ba-41e8-8c01-87c3fbbbba93)

### 8. Select your routing option i.e. Forward to, or Redirect to

- Messages that are forwarded will appear to be forwarded from you. When you reply to a message that has been forwarded, the reply will be sent to the address the message was forwarded from, not to the original sender.
- Messages that are redirected will appear to come from the original sender. When you reply to a message that has been redirected, the reply will be sent to the original sender.

![Select your routing option i.e. Forward to, or Redirect to](media://916ed85d-b06e-4777-af17-086418e418fe)

### 9. Input an email address for this condition

![Input an email address for this condition](media://1150399f-057a-49a6-8691-d8732928eae6)

### 10. Click on Save

![Click on Save](media://e92ca997-12fa-4909-82fa-2d3c86f00cf0)