What is a „catch all“ e-mail address?

A catch all e-mail address has the function to catch all e-mails which are sent to a specific domain, regardless of the e-mail name. For example: If you have a catch all e-mail address for the domain example.com, you will receive mails which where sent to sg378qosjd839@example.com or emailaddress-does-not-exist@example.com, too.

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