QUESTION:
Is there a way to create an EMAIL USER that will receive all emails under the domain name?
Do I just add * to the EMAIL ALIAS of the EMAIL USER?
Note 1: Bounce Email is enabled on VMpro.
Note 2: There are other EMAIL USERS for the domain name. So the catch-all EMAIL USER isn’t really catching all in the strict sense.
Jamie:
You can’t create a user who receives all email - just one who receives email that doesn’t match any other user or alias.
To do this, do the following :
- Create the user.
- Click on Edit Mail Aliases on the left-hand menu.
- If there is already an alias for ‘All mailboxes’, delete it.
- Click on the ‘Add an alias to this domain’ link.
- Select ‘All mailboxes’.
- Check the ‘Yes, forward to addresses’ box, and enter the email of the user created in step 1 into the text box below.
- Click Create.
In line with Joe’s response to your[A HRef=“http://www.virtualmin.com/ticket-tracker/bug?bug_number=570”>ticket</A>, I have to agree that “catch all” addresses are generally a bad idea. They basically make your entire domain a huge target for spammers, since they can randomly generate any e-mail address and successfully get it through without a bounce message.
I used to create catch all addresses for my domains several years ago, but spam has completely killed that idea in the past few years. Instead, I would recommend you create whatever aliases you need (including possibly some for "typo" addresses), and let everything else bounce back as it should.
Thanks Alan for your comments.
Yes, I am aware of the problem with catch-all email account. There is just this specific domain name that I would like to monitor. And of course, I could revert to bounce-all when I am done.