20-10-2006, 10:58
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Catch All account?
Just looking at my email accounts config and noticed a checkbox for "Catch All" with other options for: Set catchall email deleted, Set catchall bounced, Set remote catch all account.
Anybody got any ideas what these are for?
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20-10-2006, 11:02
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Re: Catch All account?
If I send an email to
asdf@tools4windows.net for instance, the address may not necessarily exist, if it doesn't the "catch all" rule comes into play where it can normally be forwarded to a specific email address, bounced, or deleted.
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20-10-2006, 11:07
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Re: Catch All account?
Yep, what Zeph said 
It can be a useful feature, but be prepared to get an incredible amount of spam.
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20-10-2006, 11:09
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Re: Catch All account?
Ahh - so I could use this like: forums@tools4windows.net - and in Outlook setup a rule that says anything from this address goes into a specific folder - so thats how people do that! I've always wondered how that works!
So - I assume by default it's set to catch all bounced, since if I send to an invalid address it bounces?
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20-10-2006, 11:12
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Re: Catch All account?
Sounds about right, but also you could set up a forums@ address separately.
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20-10-2006, 11:15
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Re: Catch All account?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeph
Sounds about right, but also you could set up a forums@ address separately.
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Not if I've used all my account's I can't! 
So - if I setup a catch all - I'm likley to get a torrent of spam?
That might be fun - a couple of 419'ers! 
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20-10-2006, 11:24
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Re: Catch All account?
It's quite possible yes, I don't get a great deal in my catch-alls however.
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20-10-2006, 11:27
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Re: Catch All account?
Must be just me then... I get a load 
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20-10-2006, 12:05
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Re: Catch All account?
Why oh why have I not looked at this before!!
I've just found the forwarder options so now I can do the above without the catch all...
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