Set up a catch-all

When a catch-all helps

A catch-all is the right choice when you'd rather receive everything than risk a message bouncing. It's handy for:

• Using a fresh address per signup (netflix@, bank@) without creating each one ahead of time.
• Making sure mail to a misspelled address - suport@ instead of support@ - still reaches you.
• Keeping a tidy single inbox for a small personal domain.

Create the catch-all

1. Make sure you have a verified destination ready.
2. Open Routes → Add route and select your domain.
3. Choose the Catch-all option instead of typing a specific address.
4. Set the action to Forward and pick your destination.
5. Save. Any address on the domain without a more specific rule now forwards here.

Exact rules still win

A catch-all doesn't override your specific aliases. JoltMx matches each recipient address by priority: an exact alias is always preferred over the catch-all. So you can mix the two freely:

billing@yourdomain.com   →  accounts@company.com   (exact alias)
support@yourdomain.com   →  team inbox             (exact alias)
*  (everything else)     →  you@gmail.com          (catch-all)

Mail to billing@ goes to your accountant; mail to anything else falls through to the catch-all. Read more in How routing rules work.

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Things to keep in mind

• Catch-alls receive spam too. Because every address is live, expect more junk than a named alias. JoltMx checks SPF, DKIM, and DMARC on every message and can filter by sender - see SPF, DKIM & DMARC explained.
• One catch-all per domain. It's the fallback, so there's only one. To split traffic, add exact aliases above it.
• You can still see everything. Each forwarded message has a full timeline in the dashboard, whether it matched an alias or the catch-all.

Next step

Want finer control over how mail is matched and where it lands? Read How routing rules work.