Wildcard Email Addresses

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Article Summary

Title:		Wildcard Email Addresses
Description:		How to specify wildcard or catch-all email addresses
Key Words:		wildcard, wild, card, catch-all, catch, all, email, addresses, address, control, panel, aoshell, aosh, ao, shell, aoserv, apis, api
Type:		FAQs
Category:		Email FAQs
Last Updated:		2004-01-08 05:09:00


	Wildcard Email Addresses How do I specify a wildcard or catch-all email address? Wildcard, or catch-all, email addresses are represented by an email address with nothing before the at sign (`@`). This hold true for all uses of email addresses, including the Email Control Panel, AO Shell (AOSH), and AOServ Client Java API. A wildcard, or catch-all, email address is used when no other email addresses match the delivery address for an email. Here is an example of how messages will be delivered: Two email addresses have been configured. The first is `john.doe@domain.com`, and is configured to be forwarded to `john.doe@otherdomain.com`. The second is a wildcard email address (`@domain.com`) and is configured to be dropped into an inbox named `catchall`. When a message is delivered to `john.doe@domain.com`, the message is forwarded to `john.doe@otherdomain.com`. When processing the wildcard email address, the message will not be stored in the `catchall` inbox because the message was already delivered to at least one place. When a message is delivered to `info@domain.com`, the message is stored in the `catchall` inbox because `info@domain.com` has not been explicitely configured.