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Why we verify destinations

Forwarding rewrites mail from your domain and re-sends it to an arbitrary external address. To keep the system from being abused as an open relay (and to keep deliverability healthy for everyone), we require the owner of each destination to confirm they want to receive mail from JetEmail. Once a destination is verified, you can re-use it across as many rules as you want without re-confirming.

What the destination owner sees

When you add a rule pointing at a new destination, we send a single email to that address. It explains what happened, names your account and domain, and includes a confirmation link. Clicking it opens a JetEmail page that consumes the token and flips every rule pointing at that address from pending to active. Until the link is clicked, our edge will accept mail for that domain but drop any rule whose destination is unverified. They’re treated as if they don’t exist. The dashboard shows an orange “N rules pending destination verification” banner so you can tell what’s stuck. Verification tokens are valid for 48 hours. If the link expired or was missed:
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Open the Forwarding tab

Each pending rule has a Resend button next to it.
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Click Resend

A fresh email goes out with a new 48-hour token. Old tokens stop working.
There’s a per-destination resend cap over a 24-hour window. If you hit it, wait a few hours before trying again.

Things to know

Destinations can’t be pre-approved. The destination owner has to click the link themselves. This is what prevents the system from being used as an open relay. You can verify your own destinations in one click. If you’re forwarding to your own inbox, the verification email lands there too. Open it and click through. Verification is permanent. Once verified, a destination stays verified until you delete it from your account. Pointing a new rule at an already-verified address starts forwarding mail immediately, with no second email. Rotating destinations triggers a new check. Editing a rule to point at a different address is treated as a new destination. If that address isn’t already verified on your account, the new owner gets a verification email before mail starts flowing.