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Rewriting email and domain addresses
Administrator Help | Forcepoint Email Security | Version 8.5.x
An email envelope recipient address can be rewritten to redirect message delivery to a different address. Envelope sender and message header addresses can also be rewritten to mask address details from message recipients. Configure address rewriting for inbound, outbound, and internal email on the page Settings > Inbound/Outbound > Address Rewriting. Email or domain addresses in an address rewrite list can be added, exported, or deleted.
Adding recipient address rewrite entries
On the page Settings > Inbound/Outbound > Address Rewriting, use the Inbound Messages tab to specify recipient address rewrite entries for inbound messages and the Outbound and Internal Messages tab for outbound or internal message redirection. The email envelope recipient address is rewritten based on the entries in the Envelope Recipient Address Rewrite List.
Add recipient rewrite entries
1.
On the page Settings > Inbound/Outbound > Address Rewriting, click the Inbound Messages tab or the Outbound and Internal Messages tab to display the settings.
2.
From the Envelope Recipient Address Rewrite List, click Add.
The Add Recipient Email or Domain Address page displays.
3.
Enter your addresses in one of two ways:
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Mark the check box Individual email address or domain rewrite entry and enter the original recipient address and the rewrite address in the appropriate entry fields.
An email address entry may have multiple rewrite entries, with each entry separated by a space. A domain address may have only one rewrite entry.
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If you have an existing email or domain address rewrite entry file, mark the check box Email address or domain rewrite entry file and browse to the file File size may not exceed 10 MB.
4.
Click OK.
Your entries appear in the Envelope Recipient Address Rewrite List.
Adding message header address rewrite entries
On the page Settings > Inbound/Outbound > Address Rewriting, use the Inbound Messages tab to add message header address rewrite entries for inbound messages and the Outbound and Internal Messages tab for outbound or internal message address masking. The email envelope sender address and message header addresses are rewritten based on the entries in the Envelope Sender and Message Header Rewrite List.
Add address rewrite entries
1.
On the page Settings > Inbound/Outbound > Address Rewriting, click the Inbound Messages tab or the Outbound and Internal Messages tab to display the settings.
2.
From the Envelope Sender and Message Header Rewrite List, click Add.
The Add Sender Email or Domain Address page displays.
3.
Enter your addresses in one of two ways:
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Mark the check box Individual email address or domain rewrite entry and enter the original sender address and the rewrite address in the appropriate entry fields.
Each email or domain address entry may have only one rewrite entry.
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If you have an existing email or domain address rewrite entry file, mark the check box Email address or domain rewrite entry file and browse to the file.
File size may not exceed 10 MB.
4.
Click OK.
Your entries appear in the Envelope Sender and Message Header Rewrite List.
Exporting address rewrite entries
All email or domain addresses in an address rewrite list can be exported to a text file.
1.
On the page Settings > Inbound/Outbound > Address Rewriting, click the Inbound Messages tab or the Outbound and Internal Messages tab to display the settings.
2.
Mark the check box for the list to be exported and click Export.
3.
From the Save As dialog box, select a directory to which to export the text file and click Save.
The selected address rewrite list is exported. A success message displays at the top of the Address Rewriting page.
Deleting address rewrite entries
Email or domain addresses in an address rewrite list can be deleted individually or in bulk.
1.
On the page Settings > Inbound/Outbound > Address Rewriting, click the Inbound Messages tab or the Outbound and Internal Messages tab to display the settings.
2.
Mark the check boxes for any entries to be deleted and click Delete.
The selected entries are deleted. A success message displays at the top of the Address Rewriting page.

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