Aliases, groups & routing
Control where mail goes: extra addresses for a person, shared team addresses, forwarding, and a catch-all for anything unmatched.
Aliases
An alias is an extra address that delivers into an existing mailbox, with no seat used. Example: sales@ and hello@ both land in one person's inbox.
- Open Mail Routing → Aliases and click New alias.
- Type the alias name and pick the domain.
- In Forward to, enter the mailbox that should receive it (or any outside address).
- Click Create alias. Mail to the alias starts arriving straight away.
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Mail Routing, then Aliases, then New alias.
- 1Alias address: the part before the
@. - 2Domain: one of your verified domains.
- 3Forward to: where mail to the alias is delivered.
- 4Create alias: saves it.
Distribution groups
A group address fans one email out to several people. Mail to team@yourcompany.com is delivered to every member. Good for departments and announcements.
- Open Mail Routing → Groups and click New group.
- Give the group a name and choose its address and domain.
- Add the members, one per line or separated by commas.
- Click Create group. Edit the group later to add or remove members.
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Mail Routing → Groups → New group.
- 1Group name: what you call the group.
- 2Group address: the address people send to, on one of your domains.
- 3Members: one address per line or comma-separated; each gets a copy in their own inbox.
- 4Create group: saves the group.
Shared mailboxes
A shared address such as support@ for a team. Mail sent to it is delivered to every member's own inbox, so anyone on the team can pick it up and reply.
- Open Mail Routing → Shared mailboxes and click New shared mailbox.
- Enter a display name and the mailbox address, and pick the domain.
- List the members, one per line or separated by commas.
- Click Create mailbox.
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Mail Routing, then Shared mailboxes.
- 1Display name: the name people see, for example Customer support.
- 2Mailbox address: the shared address and its domain.
- 3Members with access: everyone who receives the mail.
- 4Create mailbox: saves it.
Forwarding
Send mail for one of your addresses on to another address, with or without keeping a copy.
- Open Mail Routing → Routing and click New forward.
- Enter the source address on your domain and the address to forward to.
- Tick Keep a copy in the original mailbox if the original mailbox should still receive it.
- Click Create forward.
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Mail Routing → Routing → New forward.
- 1Source address: the address on your domain to forward.
- 2Forward to: the outside address that should receive the mail.
- 3Keep a copy: also leave a copy in the original mailbox.
- 4Create forward: saves the rule.
Catch-all
A catch-all delivers mail sent to any unmatched address on your domain (for example a typo like jon@ instead of john@) to one mailbox, so nothing is lost. Use it sparingly: it can attract spam.
- Open Mail Routing → Routing and scroll to Catch-all addresses.
- Pick the domain and type the mailbox that should receive unmatched mail.
- Click Set catch-all. The rule appears in the list below, where you can disable or delete it.
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Mail Routing, then Routing.
- 1Catch-all addresses: one catch-all per domain.
- 2Catch-all target: the mailbox that receives unmatched mail.
- 3Set catch-all: saves or replaces the domain's catch-all.
- 4Current rule: the domain and where its unmatched mail goes.
Alias vs group vs sharedAlias = one person, extra address. Group = copy to many people. Shared mailbox = one inbox several people open.
Troubleshooting
The Routing page shows every forward and catch-all in one place, which is the quickest way to see where mail is going.
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Mail Routing, then Routing.
- 1Keep copy: Yes means the original mailbox also gets the mail.
- 2Catch-all target: where mail to unknown addresses goes.
- 3Disable: turns a rule off without deleting it.
| Problem | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Can't create a mailbox with a name | An alias or group already uses that address. | Remove the alias/group first, or pick a different address. |
| Group mail isn't reaching everyone | A member address is wrong or inactive. | Check the member list; remove bad addresses. |
| Forwarding stopped keeping a copy | “Keep a copy” is off. | Edit the forwarding rule and enable keep-copy. |
| Catch-all flooded with spam | Catch-all accepts every address. | Turn it off and use explicit aliases instead. |
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