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Creating a catchall address
This guide explains how to retrieve all the email sent to a domain without declaring an email address each time.
Imagine you use john.smith@domain.xyz but want to receive emails even if the sender gets the address wrong (jon.smis@domain.xyz, johnny@domain.xyz, etc). With a catchall address, a sender getting the address wrong will not receive an error message and you can see the emails by logging in to catchall@domain.xyz
This is ideal if you want to receive all the messages for which there is no specific address on your domain.
Creating a "catchall" address
- Create a new email address in your Mail hosting (help).
- It should be specifically named "catchall".
Important recommendations
We advise against creating this account because it also retrieves all the spam and viruses; during a wave of spam, it therefore runs the risk of becoming totally saturated. It is better for senders to receive an error message warning them that the email address they specified does not exist so that they do not continue to use it as a recipient address.
Moreover, if you configure the "Auto-reply" function for a catchall@ address on your domain, no automatic reply will be sent to the people sending a message to an address which does not exist on the domain.
In any case, do not add this "catchall" address as an alias for an existing address.