# Tracking/reporting email forwards

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-reporting-email-forwards/35644>\
**Category:** Reporting & Analytics\
**Tags:** professional\
**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-reporting-email-forwards/35644 "2021-04-16T12:28:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vfiebelmann](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/vfiebelmann/32/81360_2.png) [@vfiebelmann](https://community.hubspot.com/u/vfiebelmann)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-reporting-email-forwards/35644/1 "2021-04-16T12:28:09Z")

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Hi there,

Is it possible to lead score and/or track when someone forwards one of our emails?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/tracking-reporting-email-forwards/35644/2 "2021-04-16T13:10:05Z")

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Hi @vfiebelmann,

This is not possible, HubSpot generates tracking links specifically for each recipient. (This can have the effect that the numbers of opens and clicks are very high for some contacts – because they forwarded this email to a colleague or team.)

The only workaround that I know of is a bit old-school. You would create a mail-to-link, [click here for an example](mailto:vfiebelmann@test.com?subject=HubSpot%20Community%20Demo&body=Hey%2C%20I%20found%20this%20post%20I%20wanted%20to%20share%20with%20you%2C%20check%20it%20out%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.hubspot.com%2Ft5%2FReporting-Analytics%2FTracking-reporting-email-forwards%2Fm-p%2F428634%20Cheers!). Code below:

`mailto:vfiebelmann@test.com?subject=HubSpot%20Community%20Demo&body=Hey%2C%20I%20found%20this%20post%20I%20wanted%20to%20share%20with%20you%2C%20check%20it%20out%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.hubspot.com%2Ft5%2FReporting-Analytics%2FTracking-reporting-email-forwards%2Fm-p%2F428634%20Cheers!`

You can generate these links using this tool: [https://mailtolink.me/](https://mailtolink.me/) All of this would be plain text, however. The recipient field would be left empty (for the forwarder to fill). The link within the mail-to-link could be a tracking URL, created with [HubSpot](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/settings/how-do-i-create-a-tracking-url) or [Google](https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/campaign-url-builder/) (which would allow you to trace back form submissions and activity to this specific link).

Best regards!