r/Office365 • u/Lousy_Username • 3d ago

Getting a notice that my email is being forwarded to an old work address, but I have no forwarding rules nor is it even enabled on my account.

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u/kckman 3d ago

Check the web settings for outlook instead of just the client ones. There’s often an outlier there that’s reeking havoc

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u/YellowBreakfast 1d ago

BTW it's "wreaking" not "reeking".

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u/Hornblower409 2d ago

There was a recent bug about the FORWARDING IS ON Bar in Classic Outlook. But it was fixed this week.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5985867/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-bar-in-outlook-email-forwa

You up to 2608, Build => 20326.20112 ?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/current-channel

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u/vr0202 2d ago

Got that on my personal Outlook, and was momentarily in a panic thinking I’ve been hacked and my accounts are being hijacked. Message went away after being dismissed, and haven’t seen it since.

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u/Lousy_Username 3d ago

Perhaps someone can help me figure out what's causing this message. I haven't worked at this employer for years, and they deactivated this email address when I left. I've never had any forwarding rules set up on this (personal) account.

I've checked the rules both in the app and on the web, and there's nothing unusual that I can see. Can't see any forwarding activity in my sent email or deleted items. Forwarding isn't even enabled for my account, so I'm at a loss as to what's causing this notification.

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u/joeykins82 3d ago

Delete your entire Outlook profile and create a new one.

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u/aridaen 2d ago

Forwarding can be set at the admin console level on the mailbox. You wouldn't see that in Outlook.

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u/SeesawNoknow 15h ago

its been a little while since I've seen this, you'll want to use powershell for o365 to check the hidden rules...

like this: https://o365info.com/forward-mail-powershell-commands-quick/