Redirecting is also known as remailing.

What Is an Email Redirection?

Redirection is a special case of an email forward.

Redirecting vs. Forwarding Emails

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In a standard forward, the person forwarding the message comes off as the sender.

In a redirection, the message appears to come from the originalsender.

However, if Bob redirects Sally’s message, it looks as if it came from Sally directly.

Most modern email clients don’t support per-message redirection.

The exceptions include The Bat!

How Can I Redirect a Message?

One exception isMozilla Thunderbird.

It doesn’t support redirection natively.

However, it supports add-ons that include this capability.

This functionality mimics a pure redirection, but imperfectly.

Can I Redirect All Messages?

Some modern programs support rules-based redirection.

For example, an Outlook rule can redirect messages from a generic inbound account to a specific user.

That process is still forwarding, even if the email program calls it redirection.