Admin Console (Port 2087) Email Accounts Tab 3: Catch-All
BoostonCP Email Catch-All Tab

Email Management • Tab 3: Catch-All • Native 1920x1080 View

📌 Purpose & Quick Summary

Use the Catch-All tab to determine what happens when someone sends an email to an address on your domain that does not exist (for example, a sender misspells [email protected] as [email protected]). You can catch all misdirected emails into a single central inbox or reject them automatically.

🖥️ Interface Tour & Elements

  • Catch-All Destination Box: The single input field where you define the destination mailbox.
  • Update Catch-All Button: Saves and applies the routing rule immediately.
  • Behavior Indicator: Explains whether incoming unknown messages will be forwarded or rejected.

🛠️ Step-by-Step Instructions: Setting Catch-All Routing

Option A: Forward All Unrecognized Emails to a Specific Inbox

  1. Open the Catch-All tab (mail-catchall).
  2. In the Catch-All Destination input, type the full email address where all unrecognized messages should go (e.g., [email protected] or [email protected]).
  3. Click Update Catch-All. All unrouted messages will now be saved to this address.
  1. Clear the Catch-All Destination box so it is completely empty.
  2. Click Update Catch-All.
  3. The mail server will now issue a standard 550 5.1.1 User unknown bounce response to senders of invalid addresses, protecting your server disk space from dictionary spam attacks.