The default address — often called a catch-all — handles mail sent to any address at your domain that doesn’t have its own mailbox or forwarder, such as a typo like sals@yourdomain.com.
Change the default address
- Log in to cPanel and open Email → Default Address.
- Choose your domain.
- Select what should happen to unrouted mail: Discard the email while your server processes it by SMTP time with an error message (recommended), or Forward to Email Address.
- Click Change.
Tip: We recommend rejecting unrouted mail rather than forwarding it. Catch-all addresses attract large amounts of spam.
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