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cPanel Account Mail Management

Update cPanel account email forward destination

This function sets the destination to which the system forwards a system account's email.

Notes:

  • Usually, the system sends notices about the server's problems and activity to the root account.
  • If you do not use the suexec module, the nobody user receives bounce messages from email that CGI scripts send.
get/set_user_email_forward_destination

Query parameters

forward_tostring required
Example:user

The system account name or email address to which you wish to forward email.

Note:

To forward messages to multiple accounts or email addresses, use a comma-separated list.

userstring required
Example:root

The system account name to forward.

Response

HTTP Request was successful.

Example response

{
  "metadata": {
    "command": "set_user_email_forward_destination",
    "reason": "OK",
    "result": 1,
    "version": 1
  }
}