Frequently Asked Questions

What is catch-all mail box?
Catch-all address is a mail box to receive all unroutable emails targeted at your domain. For instance if you created two mail box box1@mydomain.com and box2@mydomain.com then some one send an email to box3@mydomain.com that will deliver to catch-all mail box. You may change it in "Default Address" at the mail section in CPanel. To disable the catch-all function set the "Default Address" in mail section of CPanel to :fail:, this will reject any email that has not defined in mail box lists and/or in forward section. Please note that if you disable the catch-all function you have to create some mail boxes to receive emails. You may also create one mail box and forward other required boxes to that mail box. You may set the catch-all mail box to an external email address (i.e. your_address@yahoo.com) or to one of your mail boxes at CPanel. In all cases you should use the complete email address except the primary mail box which is your CPanel username.

What is catch-all mail box?

Catch-all address is a mail box to receive all unroutable emails targeted at your domain. For instance if you created two mail box box1@mydomain.com and box2@mydomain.com then some one send an email to box3@mydomain.com that will deliver to catch-all mail box.
You may change it in "Default Address" at the mail section in CPanel.

To disable the catch-all function set the "Default Address" in mail section of CPanel to :fail:, this will reject any email that has not defined in mail box lists and/or in forward section. Please note that if you disable the catch-all function you have to create some mail boxes to receive emails. You may also create one mail box and forward other required boxes to that mail box.

You may set the catch-all mail box to an external email address (i.e. your_address@yahoo.com) or to one of your mail boxes at CPanel. In all cases you should use the complete email address except the primary mail box which is your CPanel username.