How to Create a Catch-All Email

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How to Create a Catch-All Email
Issue
You want to create a catch-all email address. Catch-all email addresses are a "default" inbox that emails will go to if the specified email address does not exist.
For example, let's say you create the email addresses bob@mysite.com and support@mysite.com, and you set support@mysite.com as the catchall email address.
  • If you send an email to support@mysite.com, support@mysite.com will receive the email. 
  • If you send an email to bob@mysite.com, bob@mysite.com will receive the email.
  • If you send an email to test@mysite.com, support@mysite.com will receive the email because support@mysite.com is the catch-all email address. 
Notes
It is not possible to make a catch-all email address receive an email that is destined for an existing email account.
Warning: Using catch-all email addresses will greatly increase the amount of spam you receive.

Resolution
In Plesk 12.x \ 12.5
  1. Log into your Control Panel. Click on the Home tab.
  2. Under My Subscriptions, click the domain.
  3. Click Mail.
  4. Click Mail Settings.
  5. Select Forward to Address and type the email address that you would like the email to be sent to.
 
In Plesk 11.x
  1. Log into your Control Panel. Click on the Home tab.
  2. Under My Subscriptions, click the domain.
  3. Click Mail.
  4. Click Change Settings.
  5. Select Forward to Address and type the email address that you would like the email to be sent to.
    Setting up a catchall in plesk 10
  6. Click OK.
In Plesk 9.x
  1. Log into your Control Panel.
  2. Go to Home > Domains > the domain.
  3. Click Mail Accounts.
  4. Click Mail Settings.
  5. Select "Forward to Address" and type the email address that you would like the email to be sent to.
    Setting up a catchall in plesk 9
  6. Click OK.
 
Article ID: 471, , Modified: July 7, 2016 at 2:33 PM

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