catch_all in EMail Settings

[marty1ton]

I'm a new user, so I may be just totally losthttp://www.directadmin.com/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif
. Anyway, I want to add a catch_all EMail address, but that option does not show up in my DA control panel.

If it is no longer catch_all, how do I set up a generic address ([email protected]) ?

Thanks;

Marty

 

[HanSieT]

When u use admin interface click on user interface and u will find catch all there.

 

[floyd]

Catch_all is a very bad idea now with all the spam. Using a catch_all you will likely receive hundreds if not thousands of spam emails per day.

 

[marty1ton]

When u use admin interface click on user interface and u will find catch all there.

No, I don't see that option.....hence my issue. It may be turned on for you, but the good folks at hostpc.com have it disabled. I wrote a quick ticket on it and that is what I was told.

 

[floyd]

but the good folks at hostpc.com have it disabled

That is a good thing. It reduces server load and spam.

 

[marty1ton]

That is a good thing. It reduces server load and spam.

But but but ....

You are right.

 

[nobaloney]

If your provider chooses to not allow that function, then you need to take it up with them; there's no secret workaround.

Jeff

 

[marty1ton]

Being a new user I had thought that DirectAdmin and my hosting site (hostpc.com) were one and the same. I know better now.

I have since opened a ticket with hostpc.com and found out that they did indeed disable the catch_all function.

I just had to learn the hard way to separate my questions/concerns by vendor.

Thanks for not being too hard on the new guy.....