{"id":1202,"date":"2020-09-22T07:59:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T07:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/09\/22\/4469114-differences-and-applications-of-catch-all-forwarder-and-email-alias-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:13","slug":"4469114-differences-and-applications-of-catch-all-forwarder-and-email-alias-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4469114-differences-and-applications-of-catch-all-forwarder-and-email-alias-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Differences and Applications of Catch-All, Forwarder, and Email Alias at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">When it comes to email management, there are a few features that can enhance your email communications. In this article, we&rsquo;ll get into the distinctions between catch-all addresses, forwarders, and email aliases, as well as when each is best suited.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_e416f320b4\">Catch-All Email<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The catch-all (or catchall) email feature enables you to <b>receive messages sent to misspelled or invalid email addresses<\/b> within your domain name. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">For instance, if a message is directed to a non-existent user, it would typically be lost. However, by setting up a catch-all email, such messages can be directed to a designated mailbox of your choice, as long as the domain is spelled correctly.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_2263cf2126\">Email Forwarder<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Forwarders automatically <b>redirect all incoming messages<\/b> from one of your mailboxes to any other email address. Optionally, you can save a copy of the forwarded emails. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">This option is useful to establish a central email address and redirect messages from there to one or more designated recipients. For instance, if you have an email address like <b><code>invoices<\/code><\/b><code>@domain.tld<\/code> that receives all due invoices, you can set up an email forwarder to automatically send these invoices to <b><code>accounts<\/code><\/b><code>@domain.tld<\/code> and <b><code>management<\/code><\/b><code>@domain.tld<\/code>. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Depending on your <b><a href=\"\/support\/5832752-how-to-check-the-email-service-included-in-your-hosting-plan\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">email service<\/a><\/b>, forwarders can be established either within your <b>internal <\/b>domain or hosting plan and\/or <b>externally<\/b> using alternative methods. Additionally, the <b>number of forwarders<\/b> you can create may vary.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_8c1f774d9a\">Email Alias<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Email aliases<b> <\/b>serve as <b>alternative names for a single mailbox<\/b>. For instance, if you have an email account named <b><code>sales<\/code><\/b><code>@domain.tld<\/code> , you can create the alias <b><code>quotes<\/code><\/b><code>@domain.tld<\/code>. When a message is sent to either one, it will be received <b>only<\/b> on the <b><code>sales<\/code><\/b><code>@domain.tld<\/code>. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Depending on your <b><a href=\"\/support\/5832752-how-to-check-the-email-service-included-in-your-hosting-plan\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">email service<\/a><\/b>, the <b>number of aliases <\/b>you can create may vary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing the difference between catch all, email forwarders, email aliases and use cases<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-information"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4469114-differences-and-applications-of-catch-all-forwarder-and-email-alias-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4469114-quelle-est-la-difference-entre-catch-all-email-redirecteur-et-email-alias\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4469114-perbedaan-catch-all-email-forwarder-dan-email-alias-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/4469114-kuo-skiriasi-el-laisku-peradresavimo-bei-persiuntimo-paskyros-ir-el-pasto-pseudonimai-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4469114-qual-e-a-diferenca-entre-e-mails-catch-all-encaminhamentos-e-alias-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/4469114------catch-all-\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}