Email Forwarding
Step-by-step guides on setting up email forwarding, configuring catch-all addresses, and troubleshooting common forwarding issues with TrekMail.
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Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS): Why Forwarding Breaks
Email forwarding breaks SPF authentication — the forwarding server's IP isn't in the original domain's SPF record. A sender rewriting scheme fixes the envelope mismatch. Here's how it works, where it fails, and what a complete stack needs.
Auto Forward Email: When It Works and When It Breaks
Auto forward email rules feel simple — redirect mail from one address to another, done. In practice, they silently delete your most important messages and damage your domain reputation. Here's when forwarding works and when it doesn't.
Forward Domain Email to Gmail: The Safe Setup
Forwarding domain email to Gmail breaks SPF. Here\u2019s the exact protocol-level setup \u2014 SRS, ARC, loop prevention, Send Mail As \u2014 that makes it work without silent bounces or rejected messages.
Email Alias Forwarding: Combo Tradeoffs & How to Fix It
Email alias forwarding looks simple until a client's email disappears — no bounce, no warning. DMARC rejects silently, SPF breaks at every new SMTP hop. This guide maps every failure mode and the two protocols that fix it.
Domain Email Alias vs Mailbox: Decision Guide
Per-seat pricing turned aliases into a substitute for mailboxes. They're not the same thing. Here's the technical difference, when each type fails in production, and a clear decision matrix for every address on your domain.
Email Forwarding: Setup, Fix & How It Works (2026)
Email forwarding looks simple until it breaks — silently, with no bounce. This guide covers how forwarding actually works at the SMTP layer, the three setup patterns (one works, two don't), and a symptom-to-fix debug table for every common failure mode.