Email Aliases: Difference between revisions

== Wildcard entries ==

You can set an alias where the left hand side of the 'Email to' is empty. This will show in the alias list as something like:

-any-@example.co.uk catchall@example.co.uk

But the instructions on the web page are wrong (Nov 2023) - this 'isn't' a catch all to 'match any addresses for which there is not another alias' - it is a catch all for every possible address. In this example any other aliases will be ignored, ''all'' mail will be sent only to the catch all address.

If you're not careful on the web interface, you can end up pressing 'OK' where all the fields are empty. This gives an entry in the alias list something like:

-any-@example.co.uk -unchanged-@example.co.uk

which just confuses the situation. Especially if you have this entry as well as a catch all entry with a 'Send to' address: addresses with their own aliases will be delivered twice (once to the catch all, once as specified in their own alias); addresses without their own aliases will be delivered once (to the catch all) and the sender will receive a 'mail rejected' reply (as there's no specific alias).

Erase a record, you can select it and select erase. This sounds obvious, but in a modern release of Chrome there is no change of colour and indication that you've actually selected a row. Just click on the row and select erase