Email Deliverability Term

Catch-All Email

A server configuration that accepts all emails sent to a domain.

Definition

A catch-all (or accept-all) email configuration means the mail server accepts emails sent to any address at that domain, regardless of whether the specific mailbox exists. For example, if example.com has catch-all enabled, emails to random123@example.com would be accepted even if that address doesn't exist. This makes email verification challenging because the server won't reject invalid addresses. Catch-all addresses are considered risky because you can't verify if the specific recipient exists.

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