Forwards API Available
The Forwards API gives you a dedicated, scalable way to handle inbound email forwarding by recipient address without the complexity of Routes.
Mailgun now offers a dedicated Forwards API for configuring inbound email forwarding. Now you can set up wildcard match patterns that forward incoming messages to recipients, URLs, or storage — purpose-built for recipient-based processing at scale.
Here’s what the Forwards API gives you:
- Simpler configuration — Wildcard match patterns replace Routes’ expression syntax, so you can define forwarding rules quickly without digging through docs to get the filter logic right.
- Better performance at scale — Routes can slow down as your rule set grows. Forwards is designed to handle large rule volumes without the performance hit.
- Cleaner separation of concerns — Save Routes for complex, multi-action processing. Use Forwards when you just need to get messages to the right place by recipient address.
- Flexible delivery targets — Forward to individual recipients, a URL endpoint, or store the message — whatever fits your inbound processing workflow.
Check out the Forwards API documentation to get started.
