{"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":"2026-10-16T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:24:19","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\">Catch-all, forwarder, and email alias are three Hostinger email features that route messages in different ways. A catch-all receives messages sent to misspelled or non-existent addresses on your domain. A forwarder redirects incoming messages to other email addresses. An email alias adds an alternative address that delivers to a single mailbox.<\/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\">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><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\">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\">Depending on your <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-email-service\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5832752-how-to-check-the-email-service-included-in-your-hosting-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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. To create a forwarder, follow <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-set-up-a-forwarder-for-hostinger-email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583221-how-to-set-up-a-forwarder-for-hostinger-email\/\">How to set up a forwarder for Hostinger Email<\/a>. If you use cPanel email, follow <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-set-up-a-forwarder-for-cpanel-email-at-hostinger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4468919-how-to-set-up-a-forwarder-for-cpanel-email-at-hostinger\/\">How to set up a forwarder for cPanel email at Hostinger.<\/a><\/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\">Depending on your <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-email-service-2\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5832752-how-to-check-the-email-service-included-in-your-hosting-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email service<\/a><\/b>, the <b>number of aliases <\/b>you can create may vary.<\/p><p>You can also send emails from an alias by selecting it in the <strong>From<\/strong> field of the Hostinger Mail Web App. Sending from an alias works only in the Hostinger Mail Web App, not in external email apps. To send from an alias, or to fix an alias that doesn&rsquo;t appear in the <strong>From<\/strong> field, follow <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-send-emails-from-an-email-alias-using-hostinger-mail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-send-emails-from-an-email-alias-using-hostinger-mail-web-app\/\">How to send emails from an email alias using Hostinger Mail Web App.<\/a><\/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-BR","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-\u0443-\u0447\u043e\u043c\u0443-\u0440\u0456\u0437\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044f-\u043c\u0456\u0436-\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438-catch-all-\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0430\u0434\u0440","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20944,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions\/20944"}],"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}]}}