Have existing domain with Fastmail and Cloudflare for DNS and I can have 'catch-all' such that
anything@foo.domain goes to misc@foo.domain (or just passes through as anything@foo.domain).
I am not sure what you mean by that, but I found a solution (on Reddit of all places!)
TheLittles wrote:
Odenzo Said:
"Can I have wild-card email address with customer domain, e.g. anything@foo.mine gets delivered"
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Use an Alias for your DomainL
You need to sync your eMAil address with the correct credentials. Elsewise, it will not sync. Once synced, see if using an alias would be an option for you.
What is Catch-All:
It allows you to accept all emails to a domain that don't match an existing mailbox.
How it is useful:
I have long had the habit of using purpose/service specific email addresses. For example, in signing up for an iPhone pre-order I may use iphone.preorder.verizon@mydomain.com. Given I did not actually create a corresponding user/mailbox for the address, with catch-all available and enabled, all emails to the address will simply be forwarded to my main mailbox.
Through this, I was able to hold various entities accountable for leaking my email addresses, i.e. when I start receiving spam through them, or when they appear in data dumps. It is always funny to see companies/services trying to argue they are not responsible for either leaking or selling user data when the email addresses were 'created' for and used solely by them.
With Catch-All now available, we have access to unlimited email 'aliases', and we can 'blacklist' them when they 'go bad' via iCloud Mail server-side filter "Addressed-to" rules, sending emails to them straight to the bin.
Yay!
PS. Catch-All can be enabled via Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Custom Email Domain > [Your Domain] > Allow All Incoming Messages
Turned out I needed to restart my iPhone to see it, then suddenly it showed up on iCloud too.
Odenzo Said:
"Can I have wild-card email address with customer domain, e.g. anything@foo.mine gets delivered"
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Use an Alias for your DomainL
You need to sync your eMAil address with the correct credentials. Elsewise, it will not sync. Once synced, see if using an alias would be an option for you.
Odenzo Said:
"I am not sure what you mean by that, but I found a solution (on Reddit of all places!)"
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"Wild-Card"?
I may have mistook your original post. How would you define "wild-card"? If you don't want to use your official eMail address, then an alias is the workaround. Here is how to use an alias for iCloud: Add and Manage eMail Aliases for iCloud Mail on iCloud.com - Apple Support
Thanks for your reply. For future surfers, basically I want to define a few email addresses:
work@my.domain, family@my.domain
itsme@my.domain
These I use regularly.
But, if someone sends to info@my.domain or ANY other address, e.g. cheapcarinsurance@my.domain I still want it to come into my inbox.
I think use a filter to throw inbound email in the appropriate pile, including OTHER_ADDRESSES folder for non-matching xxx@my.domain
Thumbs up for your input though!
(Also called a "catch-all" I guess)
Can I have wild-card email address with customer domain, e.g. anything@foo.mine gets delivered
