Web Hosting and Domain registration Knowledgebase» Default Domain http://www.hostingknowledge.com Gossimer's Premier Web Hosting and Domain Registration Knowledgebase. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ en hourly 1 Catchall Account http://www.hostingknowledge.com/email-hosting/email-administrators-guide-create-and-manage-accounts/managing-email-addresses/catchall-account/ http://www.hostingknowledge.com/email-hosting/email-administrators-guide-create-and-manage-accounts/managing-email-addresses/catchall-account/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:04:52 +0000 admin http://hosting.local.dev/email-hosting/email-administrators-guide---create-and-manage-accounts/managing-email-addresses/catchall-account/ A catch-all is an account that receives messages sent to non-existent email addresses at your domain name. For example, if someone sends a mail to mgmt@yourdomainname.com, and the account didn’t actually exist, your catch-all would receive this message. A catch-all email address can ensure that genuine and possibly important communication intended for you is NEVER missed.

The catch-all account could be configured to:

  • Store all incoming messages (mailbox)
  • Forward all incoming messages to one or more email addresses
  • Send a customized auto-response
  • Bounce all incoming messages
  • Silently delete all incoming messages without a bounce

Follow the process outlined below to configure the catchall account for emails on your domain name:

1. In the Email management interface, go to Email Addresses -> Catchall Account.

2. Your catchall account bears the name default@<your primary domain name> (e.g. default@mydomain.com, default@domain.net etc.). For this account, you can either

  • Setup a mailbox to store all mail, or
  • Forward all mail sent to non-existent addresses on your domain name to another local or remote email address, or
  • Bounce all mail sent to non-existent addresses on your domain name back to the sender, or
  • Silently delete all such email.

3. Select the check-box before the option you prefer to implement, and provide the necessary details.

4. Once you have completed all the necessary settings, click on Save Changes.

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