Default (catchall) email address setup in cPanel

Using the default email address feature, you can catch all un-routed emails. That means, when an email is received in your domain but there is no such recipient, the emails will be bounced. However, you can receive all such mails using default email address.

To setup:

1. Login to your control panel (http://yourdomain.com:2082)

2. Click Default Address from Mail section.

3. Select the domain from the drop down list.

4. Choose Forward to email address and enter a valid email address and click Change.

5. From now all un-routed emails will go to the given address.

Note that, the default address should be set to an address you have actually created to make that address the catchall address or “:fail: no such address here” to bounce messages to accounts you have not created or “:blackhole:” to delete messages to accounts you have not created (without the quotes).

The problem of enabling “Catch All”:
Problems can sometimes arise when Spammers or junk mailers use this feature as a means to pump their trash into your mailbox. As long as the “catch all” is enabled, then all they must do is send to whatever@yourdomain.com and it will reach you.

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