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Problems can sometimes arise when spammers use this feature as a means to force their junk emails into your mailbox.  As long as the catch-all is enabled, then all they need to do is send to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and it will reach you.

If you’re using specific pop email accounts, you could opt to disable the catch-all, which would mean that only visitors or associates, who you’ve given a specific email address to, can send mail to a particular email account on your domain.

In this case, everything else (that you have not configured as a pop mail account) is bounced back to the sender.

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