# Retrieve forward spam mail settings

## API Overview

Mail Settings instruct SendGrid to apply specific settings to every email that you send over [SendGrid's v3 API](/docs/sendgrid/api-reference/mail-send/mail-send) or [SMTP Relay](/docs/sendgrid/for-developers/sending-email/building-an-x-smtpapi-header/). These settings include how to embed a custom footer, how to manage blocks, spam, and bounces, and more.

For a full list of Twilio SendGrid's Mail Settings, and what each one does, see our [Mail Settings documentation](/docs/sendgrid/ui/account-and-settings/mail/).

You can also manage your Mail Settings in the [Twilio SendGrid App](https://app.sendgrid.com/settings/mail_settings)

## Operation overview

```json
{"path":"https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/mail_settings/forward_spam","method":"get","servers":[{"url":"https://api.sendgrid.com","description":"for global users and subusers"},{"url":"https://api.eu.sendgrid.com","description":"for EU regional subusers"}]}
```

**This endpoint allows you to retrieve your current Forward Spam mail settings.**

Enabling the Forward Spam setting allows you to specify `email` addresses to which spam reports will be forwarded. This endpoint returns any email address(es) you have set to receive forwarded spam and an `enabled` status indicating if the setting is active.

## Operation details

### Authentication

API Key

### Headers

```json
[{"in":"header","name":"Authorization","required":true,"default":"Bearer <<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>>","schema":{"type":"string"}},{"name":"on-behalf-of","in":"header","description":"The `on-behalf-of` header allows you to make API calls from a parent account on behalf of the parent's Subusers or customer accounts. You will use the parent account's API key when using this header. When making a call on behalf of a customer account, the property value should be \"account-id\" followed by the customer account's ID (e.g., `on-behalf-of: account-id <account-id>`). When making a call on behalf of a Subuser, the property value should be the Subuser's username (e.g., `on-behalf-of: <subuser-username>`). See [**On Behalf Of**](/docs/sendgrid/api-reference/how-to-use-the-sendgrid-v3-api/on-behalf-of) for more information.","required":false,"schema":{"type":"string"},"refName":"#/components/parameters/OnBehalfOf","modelName":"__components_parameters_OnBehalfOf"}]
```

### Responses

```json
[{"responseCode":"200","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"title":"Mail Settings: Forward Spam","type":"object","example":{"email":"","enabled":true},"refName":"MailSettingsForwardSpam","modelName":"MailSettingsForwardSpam","properties":{"email":{"type":"string","description":"The email address where you would like the spam reports to be forwarded."},"enabled":{"type":"boolean","description":"Indicates if the Forward Spam setting is enabled."}}},"examples":{"response":{"value":{"email":"abuse@example.com","enabled":true}}}}}}},{"responseCode":"400","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError400","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError400"}},{"responseCode":"401","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError401","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError401"}},{"responseCode":"403","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError403","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError403"}},{"responseCode":"404","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError404","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError404"}},{"responseCode":"500","schema":{"description":"","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","required":["message"],"properties":{"error_id":{"type":"string","description":"The ID associated with the error."},"field":{"description":"The field that generated the error.","nullable":true,"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The error message."},"parameter":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"refName":"#/components/responses/MailSettingsError500","modelName":"__components_responses_MailSettingsError500"}}]
```

Retrieve forward spam mail settings

```js
const client = require("@sendgrid/client");
client.setApiKey(process.env.SENDGRID_API_KEY);

const request = {
  url: `/v3/mail_settings/forward_spam`,
  method: "GET",
};

client
  .request(request)
  .then(([response, body]) => {
    console.log(response.statusCode);
    console.log(response.body);
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });
```

```python
import os
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient


sg = SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get("SENDGRID_API_KEY"))


response = sg.client.mail_settings.forward_spam.get()

print(response.status_code)
print(response.body)
print(response.headers)
```

```csharp
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using SendGrid;

public class Program {
    public static async Task Main() {
        string apiKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SENDGRID_API_KEY");
        var client = new SendGridClient(apiKey);

        var response = await client.RequestAsync(
            method: SendGridClient.Method.GET, urlPath: "mail_settings/forward_spam");

        Console.WriteLine(response.StatusCode);
        Console.WriteLine(response.Body.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
        Console.WriteLine(response.Headers.ToString());
    }
}
```

```java
import com.sendgrid.*;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        try {
            SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(System.getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY"));
            Request request = new Request();
            request.setMethod(Method.GET);
            request.setEndpoint("/mail_settings/forward_spam");
            Response response = sg.api(request);
            System.out.println(response.getStatusCode());
            System.out.println(response.getBody());
            System.out.println(response.getHeaders());
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw ex;
        }
    }
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-go"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	apiKey := os.Getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY")
	host := "https://api.sendgrid.com"
	request := sendgrid.GetRequest(apiKey, "/v3/mail_settings/forward_spam", host)
	request.Method = "GET"
	response, err := sendgrid.API(request)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err.Error())
		os.Exit(1)
	} else {
		fmt.Println(response.StatusCode)
		fmt.Println(response.Body)
		fmt.Println(response.Headers)
	}
}
```

```php
<?php
// Uncomment the next line if you're using a dependency loader (such as Composer) (recommended)
// require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Uncomment next line if you're not using a dependency loader (such as Composer)
// require_once '<PATH TO>/sendgrid-php.php';

$apiKey = getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY");
$sg = new \SendGrid($apiKey);

try {
    $response = $sg->client
        ->mail_settings()
        ->forward_spam()
        ->get();
    print $response->statusCode() . "\n";
    print_r($response->headers());
    print $response->body() . "\n";
} catch (Exception $ex) {
    echo "Caught exception: " . $ex->getMessage();
}
```

```ruby
require 'sendgrid-ruby'
include SendGrid

sg = SendGrid::API.new(api_key: ENV['SENDGRID_API_KEY'])

response = sg.client.mail_settings.forward_spam.get()
puts response.status_code
puts response.headers
puts response.body
```

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/mail_settings/forward_spam" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $SENDGRID_API_KEY"
```