Catchall E-mail

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Here we will help you setup a catchall e-mail address from cPanel. The first thing you will need to do is login to cPanel and get yourself to the front page. Catchall e-mail addresses are handy when you need to decide what happens to all the e-mail sent to you to addresses that do not really exist. Some of the time, this is spam e-mail or advertisements, but every so often you might catch an e-mail where there might have been a typo in your e-mail address.

• Video Tutorial on How to Create a Catchall E-mail Address

How to Create a Catchall (Default) E-mail Address

Now that you have logged into your cPanel account, and you are at the front page, you need to click on the "Mail" icon. Next, you will need to click on the link that reads "Default Address". You are now on the Default Address Maintenance page. Here, you should see the current rules setup for all un-routed e-mails. Now click on the text link that reads "Set Default Address".

Enter into the empty text box you see on the screen your new default catchall e-mail address. Put the entire e-mail address into the box (such as you@yourdomain.com). Here are some additional tips that may help:

• If you wish to send to multiple address, please separate them with a comma.
• If you do not want any catchall account, enter :blackhole:, this will discard all e-mails sent.
• If you want the e-mails to bounce back as failed, you need to enter :fail:.

When you are done editing, hit the "Done" button and then you should get a message telling you the change was a success. It should also be mentioned that changing your default e-mail address here will only change the default e-mail address for cPanel and not your Lunarpages web hosting account. To change your e-mail address we have on record for your account, please do so in the Customer Account Page, under "Billing/Contact Information".