Transferring email forwarding from current provider

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  rachaelwest · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 2:21 am

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  Hi

  I’d like to transfer my email forwarding service to WordPress from my current provider who are quite frankly a pain in the bum! Unfortunately I have signed up with the forwarding service until 2016. Presuming I can cancel that service with them, is there a way I can relatively seamlessly cancel their service and transfer to you?

  With thanks,
  Rachael

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 21, 2014 at 4:03 pm

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  Hi Rachael,

  With your custom domain linked to WordPress.com, you can set up email forwarding on our end with this guide: Email Forwarding

  If you have any questions about how that works, please let me know!

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  rachaelwest · Member · Aug 22, 2014 at 12:29 am

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  Thank you. It looks like the forwarding would happen instantaneously – could I just check that’s the case?

  If not I’ll make sure I do it on a weekend so I don’t miss emails from clients.

  Thanks heaps,
  Rahael

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 22, 2014 at 2:13 pm

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  Hi Rachael,

  Any time you make domain-related changes it can take a little time for everything to take effect. (There’s no way to guarantee the change will be instantaneous.) Usually, changes to your email setup will start working within a few hours.

  With that in mind, I’d say your idea to make the change on a weekend is a good plan. :)