To Set up a Default Email Address
Step 1: Log into your account on cPanel.
Step 2: Under the Email Section select Default Address
Step 3: Choose the domain for which you want to establish a default address.
Let’s look at all the options available to the default address maintenance panel in more detail:
Discard the email while your server processes it by SMTP time with an error message
The email will be deleted while your server process it using SMTP time and sends the error code. This option allows you to send a failure notification to the person who sent it. Choose this option if you don’t wish to establish an address that is the default.
Failure message (seen by the sender)
You can enter your error message to the sender within the message box.
Forward to Email Address
This feature allows you to create an email address that is the default for the domain you select. It is necessary to type in your email address in the field for text.
Advanced Options
- Forward to your system account “xxxxxxx”: It forwards all invalid emails to the cPanel account that is your system’s. Contact your hosting service provider to confirm if they provide the system email account before choosing this option.
- Pipe to the program: The advanced feature allows you to forward inactive email messages to scripts in the directory path you input within the field. You should opt for this option only if you know its capabilities.
- Discard This option is not recommended by CouchDeck. There is no way to receive messages, nor will you be able to send a failure notification to your sender if you choose this option
Step 4: CouchDeck recommends to choose the Forward to Email Address or Forward to your system account “xxxxxxx” option
Forward to Email Address ➝ Enter the email address in the box provided and click on Change
Forward to your system account “xxxxxxx”➝ Simply click on the option and hit Change
The system will flash a successful message that reads:
You can now receive all of the incorrectly addressed emails for your domain with just one email address.