Outlook not forwarding to Gmail. How do I fix?

Peter 11 Reputation points
2022-11-16T17:53:18.323+00:00

I have an outlook account and a gmail account.

I want to forward all emails from Outlook to Gmail.

I have set up forwarding in Outlook (Settings -> Forwarding -> Enable forwarding is checked, my email is there)

Every time I log into outlook, a little notice now says "Email is being forwarded to XXX@Stuff .com". I have triple checked, and yes, my email address is spelled correctly.

But I have not ever received a forwarded email to my Gmail inbox.

I have checked my Gmail spam folder, and no, the emails are not being sent to spam.

I have tried directly sending an email from my outlook account to my Gmail - that works as expected.

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  1. Andy David - MVP 121.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-11-17T12:11:11.54+00:00

    Gmail wont accept automatically forwarded mail if it fails SPF - which is is typical of auto forwarding.

    Their doc on it:
    https://support.google.com/a/answer/175365?hl=en

    https://serverfault.com/questions/984321/forwarding-to-gmail-doesnt-work-for-emails-from-microsoft-com-due-to-dmarc-but

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  2. Faery Fu-MSFT 9,476 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-11-17T02:51:12.477+00:00

    Hi @Peter ,

    What type of account are you using? Is it an Outlook.com or Office365 account?
    Have you tried creating a rule to forward messages?

    If you are using Office365 account, you need to contact your administrator to confirm if external email forwarding is restricted.
    See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/external-email-forwarding?view=o365-worldwide

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  3. Gopal Agarwal 401 Reputation points
    2022-11-17T07:14:50.46+00:00

    Hi @Ruben Ponchateau IT

    It may be required 2 step verification and an app password. You can also check this on the same issue

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/outlook-2019-not-working-with-gmail/ef531bfc-00da-4915-aff0-09eceaaeb6f0

    Thanks!

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  4. Andy David - MVP 121.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-11-17T14:40:51.43+00:00
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  5. Peter 11 Reputation points
    2022-11-22T16:21:36.93+00:00

    So - it works now but I do not necessarily have the solution.

    • I was previously not getting forwarded emails from other people.
    • Then I started changing gmail settings (or I must have - I just don't know which)
    • Then it seemed that no emails were getting through - but actually it was just not bouncing the test emails that I had sent from my Gmail. Emails from other sources were forwarded. So I guess either the GMail or the Outlook end has special handling to prevent forwarding back to the source (presumably to prevent infinite forwarding loops).
    • Now I do get emails from other people.
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