A catch-all email mailbox is one that collects all the messages sent to invalid email addresses. For instance, if your email address is info@domain.com, but somebody mistypes it and sends a message to inof@domain.com, it will still be received in the catch-all mailbox that you have configured. Only one single mailbox per domain can have this feature activated and in this way you’ll never miss messages because the other party has an out-of-date email address or has made a spelling mistake. The negative aspect of having a catch-all mailbox is that you may start receiving a lot of unsolicited bulk messages, but this problem can be rectified by using anti-spam protection software. It’s also crucial to remember that a mailbox with an active catch-all functionality cannot redirect incoming email messages to a third-party email address.
Catch-all Emails in Web Hosting
Creating a catch-all email mailbox will be rather easy in case you have a Linux web hosting service with us. You can activate this feature through our advanced, yet simple-to-work-with Email Manager tool, which is included in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you’ll administer your account. You will find all the mailboxes that you’ve created listed in alphabetical order and to the right of each one there will be a tiny "Catch-all" icon, which will instantaneously reveal to you whether a certain mailbox gets all the messages pertaining to a certain domain or not. With a single mouse click on the icon you can enable or disable this option at any moment. If there’s activated email forwarding or in case a different mailbox has already been configured as a catch-all one for a particular domain, you will get a warning notice from our system. The latter won’t deactivate/replace anything automatically and without your consent.
Catch-all Emails in Semi-dedicated Servers
You will be able to configure a catch-all address with no more than a click if you’ve got a Linux semi-dedicated service with our company and your emails are handled by our cloud web hosting platform. All the addresses that you create with any domain name hosted in your semi-dedicated hosting account will be displayed in the Email Manager section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Each of them will have a small-size "Catch-all" icon next to it, so all it will take to enable the feature will be to click on that icon. In the very same manner you’ll be able to deactivate the feature, if you don’t need it anymore. Our system will notify you if you are trying to activate a second catch-all address for a particular domain name or in case there’s active email forwarding, but it will never disable or modify anything automatically or without your permission.