Setup guide
Step-by-step setup for auto-forwarding Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud to your private Memry household address. Filter school, activities, and medical email at the source.
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What this guide covers
Senders to target first
3–5
School district, teacher classroom address, activities coordinator, medical office, billing senders.
Gmail setting
Filter + Forward
No browser extension or third-party tool needed — this is a native Gmail feature.
Time to set up
~5 minutes
Per sender after you verify the forwarding address in Gmail once.
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Grab your private Memry forwarding address from Settings or the Auto-forward wizard. It looks like m.yourhousehold@inbox.projectmemry.com and is unique to your household.
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Gmail requires you to add and verify the forwarding address once before any filter can forward to it.
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Once the destination is verified, create one Gmail filter per sender so only their messages forward.
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Outlook calls these 'Rules'. Open Settings → Mail → Rules → Add new rule. Set the condition to 'From' the sender or domain, and the action to 'Forward to' your Memry address. Save.
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iCloud only supports full-mailbox forwarding natively, which is usually overkill. The best workaround is to add a Gmail or Outlook account as a secondary inbox that receives iCloud mail and use that account's filters instead — or forward manually for now.
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If forwards aren't arriving: check that the Gmail verification step completed, confirm your filter's 'From' pattern actually matches the sender's real address (school newsletters often come from a different domain), and look in Memry's Settings → Household for the 'Last forwarded message' timestamp.
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FAQ
Only if you forward the entire mailbox. The recommended setup uses a filter per sender so only the messages that match get forwarded — everything else stays in your primary inbox.
Yes by default. Gmail keeps the original message and forwards a copy to Memry. You can choose to archive or delete Gmail's copy inside the same filter if you prefer a single source of truth.
Those portals all notify parents by email. Auto-forwarding from your Gmail captures ParentSquare, Seesaw, ClassDojo, Remind, and similar services automatically — there's no separate integration needed.
Gmail's filter setup is not available in the mobile app; use a browser (desktop or mobile) to open Gmail settings. Once the filter is saved, it applies to all devices.
Open your Memry inbox — the verification message lands there because the verification is sent to the forwarding destination. Click the link inside and Gmail will mark the address as verified.
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