Catch-All-Forwarder

With a Catch-All-Forwarder you can forward any e-mail sent to a domain, without setting up explicit addressees. A Catch-All-Forwarder is set up like a normal e-mail-forwarder. Just choose default as the E-Mail Address.

Incoming e-mails will be processed in the following order:

  1. Mailboxes
  2. Specific Forwarders
  3. Catch-All-Forwarder

Example 1 without a Catch-All:

The following things were configured:

Mailbox: info@your-domain.de
Forwarder: firstname@your-domain.de to info@your-domain.de

  1. Case: Someone sends an e-mail to info@your-domain.de: The e-mail will be delivered to the mailbox info@your-domain.de.
  2. Case: Someone sends an e-mail to firstname@your-domain.de: The e-mail will be delivered to the mailbox info@your-domain.de because of the forwarder.
  3. Case: Someone sends an e-mail to surname@your-domain.de. The e-mail will be returned to the sender, because it is undeliverable.

Example 2 with a Catch-All:

The following things were configured:

Mailbox: info@your-domain.de
Forwarder: firstname@your-domain.de to info@your-domain.de
Catch-All-Forwarder: default@your-domain.de to info@your-domain.de

  1. Case: Someone sends an e-mail to info@your-domain.de: The e-mail will be delivered to the mailbox info@your-domain.de.
  2. Case: Someone sends an e-mail to firstname@your-domain.de: The e-mail will be delivered to the mailbox info@your-domain.de because of the forwarder.
  3. Case: Someone sends an e-mail to surname@your-domain.de. The e-mail will be delivered to the mailbox info@your-domain.de because of the Catch-All-Forwarder.