Learn how to forward email from Outlook for Mac 2016 using the instructions below.

How to forward email from Outlook for Mac

  1. Open Outlook for Mac and click the Home tab.
  2. Click Rules (located near the center).
    The Rules drop down menu on the Outlook Ribbon
  3. Select Edit Rules from the drop down menu.
    The Edit Rules link on the Rules drop down menu.
  4. Be sure that your mailbox is selected on the left under Server Rules then select the plus (+) sign near bottom to add a rule.
    The Server Rules window where you add a new rule.
  5. Change the rule name to Forward Email.
    The field where you enter the name of the rule.
  6. Change the From drop down, located under the When a new message arrives that meets all these conditions: to All Messages.
    See image below for steps 6 - 10.
  7. Under the Do the following heading change Move to Folder to Redirect to.
  8. Type the email address you would like to forward to in the field.
  9. Ensure that the boxes are checked for:
    • Do not apply other rules to messages that meet the same conditions
    • Enabled
  10. Click OK.
    The window where you select conditions and actions to forward email.

The rule should be listed with the box checked in the Rules window. Click the red dot in the upper left to finish.