automating forwarders

[jamie.hayward]

i know creating forwarders isnt the most time consuming process, but whilst the migrations team is going through O365 migrations for multiple practices, is there any simple way to automate the process of forwarders, to where we can minimise any 'human error'?

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! If the migration is being performed with the Transfer Tool, all existing forwarders would be moved over from the old cPanel system.

If that isn't your situation, can you let me know what work you're currently performing where you'd also like to see a forwarder created?

 

[jamie.hayward]

Hi,

No this is where the company is acquiring new practices that also happen to need migrating to o365. so there's no existing case of them using cpanel for us to use the transfer tool/ so the practices have to be added to cpanel first - or am i misunderstanding?

 

[cPRex]

Thanks for the details - I see what you're saying now :D

I would recommend using the following API call to help automate the process so you don't have to use the interface to perform all that work:

Create email account forwarder

This function creates an email forwarder. **Important:** In cPanel & WHM version 76 and later, when you disable the MailReceive role, the system disables this function. For more information, read our How to Use Server Profiles documentation.

api.docs.cpanel.net

Let me know if that's what you're looking for!