Any e-mail that is sent to an unknown account at your domain name, such as unknown@yourdomain.com, gets automatically rerouted to your default e-mail account. Many hosts now set the default address so that it will bounce them using :fail no such address here the advantage of this is that it cuts down on spam by these spam generators that pick a domain and then hit all the common names.

To set your default e-mail address:

1. Click on the Default Address link in the Mail area.
2. Click on the Set Default Address link.
3. Enter the complete e-mail address of the new default in the field next to your web site name drop-down list. such as fred@fred.com
   Note: You can enter :blackhole: to throw away all incoming mail, or :fail: no such address here to bounce the e-mail back to the sender.
4. Click on the Change button. Your new default e-mail address has now been set.

Any emails to @fred.com will now go to this new email address BEWARE THIS WILL INCLUDE A LOT OF SPAM

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