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Why is mail forwarding me emails?
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Lorraine Adler
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I noticed this morning that under the blue dot (unread email) on my iphone that there was a curved right arrow signifying forwarding of my email. I did not forward the email. What is happening? I checked my account and do not have that option enabled.
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Kimberly Olaño 7,580 Reputation points Independent Advisor2025-07-26T22:09:31.17+00:00
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Kimberly Olaño 7,580 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-07-26T20:35:41.5066667+00:00 Hi Lorraine, this is Kimberly, an independent advisor, I'm glad to assist you today.
It’s highly likely that what you're seeing isn’t your email actually being automatically forwarded by someone, it's simply the Mail app showing a “forwarded” indicator on emails you received.
In the iPhone Mail app, a curved arrow pointing right next to an email (just before the unread blue dot) indicates that the email was forwarded by you. A left-angled arrow means “replied.” You mention seeing this on unread emails, that’s consistent with Mail showing the icon even before you’ve tapped it, and it doesn’t impact the mail itself or alter delivery.
The arrow is a status symbol in Mail’s inbox view, not a sign that anyone forwarded your message to someone else or that there’s been external forwarding.
Should you have questions, please let me know.
Best regards,
Kimberly
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Lorraine Adler 25 Reputation points
2025-07-26T21:08:34.94+00:00 I looked under rules and seen where my email was hacked as someone put their information to automatically forward my emails to them. I deleted it and changed my password.
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Charmaine Manewell 0 Reputation points2025-08-02T11:35:17.06+00:00 Hi Lorraine, my mother-in-law had the same problem on the same day! We couldn't see why on her phone, but I logged into her account on my computer and found it under rule. I'm curious whether it was the same email address - hers were being forwarded to ******@hotmail.com.
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