Catchall email office 365

A catch-all email address in Office 365!

A catch-all email address is a special email address that captures all incoming emails that are not addressed to a specific mailbox or alias in your Office 365 organization. This can be useful for various purposes, such as:

  1. Redirecting unknown emails: If you have a public-facing email address or a website with a contact form, you can set up a catch-all email address to capture any emails that are not addressed to a specific mailbox.
  2. Monitoring email traffic: By setting up a catch-all email address, you can monitor all incoming emails to your organization, even if they are not addressed to a specific mailbox.
  3. Preventing email loss: If you have a large number of users in your organization, it's possible that some emails may be lost or misdirected. A catch-all email address can help ensure that all emails are captured and delivered to the correct mailbox.

To set up a catch-all email address in Office 365, follow these steps:

Step 1: Create a new mailbox

  1. Go to the Office 365 admin center and navigate to the "Users" section.
  2. Click on "Add a user" and enter the details for the new mailbox.
  3. Make sure to select "Mailbox" as the user type.
  4. Click "Add" to create the new mailbox.

Step 2: Configure the catch-all email address

  1. Go to the Office 365 admin center and navigate to the "Mail flow" section.
  2. Click on "Rules" and then click on "New rule".
  3. Select "Catch-all" as the rule type.
  4. Enter the email address you want to use as the catch-all address.
  5. Choose the mailbox you created in Step 1 as the "Forward to" mailbox.
  6. Click "Save" to save the rule.

Step 3: Test the catch-all email address

  1. Send an email to the catch-all email address from an external email address.
  2. Verify that the email is delivered to the mailbox you specified in Step 2.

That's it! Your catch-all email address is now set up in Office 365.