--- title: How to save incoming messages sent to non-existent or incorrect email addresses in your domain. description: Set up a catch-all address --- [Skip to content](https://support.econz.net/customer/how-to-make-sure-all-the-emails-sent-to-invalid-addresses-belonging-to-your-domain-are-delivered-to-a-backup/monitoring-idcatch-all-address#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Customer portal](https://support.econz.net/portal?hsLang=en) ![logo.jpg\]](https://support.econz.net/hs-fs/hubfs/logo.jpg?height=40&name=logo.jpg) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Customer portal](https://support.econz.net/portal) - Go to Econz Website Go to Econz Website Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://support.econz.net/customer?hsLang=en) 2. [Google Workspace](https://support.econz.net/customer/google-workspace?hsLang=en) 3. [catch-all address](https://support.econz.net/customer/google-workspace?hsLang=en#catch-all-address) # How to save incoming messages sent to non-existent or incorrect email addresses in your domain. ## Set up a catch-all address A catch-all address ensures that messages sent to an incorrect email address for a domain are still received, we can set up a routing rule for the same. - From the **Google workspace admin** console, go to **Apps** - This will open up **Google Workspace**, then select **Gmail** - This will open the Gmail settings, and from that select **Routing**   ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/426yXfotGucvJ3DGq9t1MdImYLBNtQRL4QHZ-lwwSg7_OLEa_YJ8X7IsoLBo4S2IWktvv8g23JZfU-VTDlAMHg0-FcrGdb9z7vuFpRgxViqpaggnOwZXmJpMax4OZgQ0WXHwtdOQgGxco2vLyrOY4Oc) - Click on the **Routing and** select **Add another Rule**   ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lcjyza8XuvgqrW2pMkgv4DDmWZJ_fDUA9uKrA5c7ZOYf2DnYYPvLYJV-YA3ghUC6V3dRFekyWGIkDF3eC-1WsWQXOLpgT8pGOb2q7uZsH6GD3gD5KC4licrcX4V0sn4SovyRvCzJoff5erpffikPlAg)   Here we are going to create a new email routing rule Follow the below steps on creating the new routing rule 1) Give a routing **Name** 2) Select **Inbound ** 3) **For the above type of message do the following**> Select **Modify message** ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/5KIeRS9POUseJelAZBs5spMb7Xq3lwzzMtQeMD5o_LCDedEbI6kvbELLsm-yufZliQtSgcoJxxtirjmUPGDcQjeetncPBYzdAUJHGN3VbO-uL56VQvk9ATVg5Dl1QLyu6bIjam8cI0hhaI7KKaz5HF8)   4)Check the Change Envelope Recipient box 5)Select the **Replace Recipient** option and enter the catch-all address to which you want these emails to be routed.   ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/8FBBOS-d6f7bLZ0gvu1ZdVFp8qUBPc_Iyr-nySiqHkNcqxWSdhqevB1ZR09K_xHKpaFVpsSwMomc7MBXRdmpblinHqtn3pIIyK9NqeF_VDhj-_1Pbjvr6IvRenzt0Fx5U8WieIeIJ3RRvZr_9aSFw_4)   6)  Scroll down and click on show options ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/kmdkCccAziznvjRApTX-FOQpWwCtqeyfpijGveTy-reSx0FiF1bqYkaKkN1LzOPYBqhG9ht3N1_YBl9DqNSE9HkcMXyVNPkCAzmJw_xQxzv48-HgvxvFKkuq8L1vw1fhgDK2SZuVVq_cCzOrqDaQtQ4)   7) Under **(B) Account types to affect** Check the **unrecognized/catch-all** box, and make sure the **Users** and **Groups** boxes are unchecked 8) (Optional) To apply this setting only to senders or recipients that you specify: - Under the Envelope filter, check one or both boxes. - Click the menu![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a08rJOPI7D8ChdGp9Phmj9SZGT7Qb5jjf6S2z-mCTTpA-IZmbZXY-zx-RRZIFB1a8tNfmlEVFg2mjhRC2qMkX3wMnVWh29jS0BQmXtnnvEFJodZ3fZ-cwUYsmhw6KSL8b23FFjr1fxcHtgwnJGoMJJg) and select an option for matching sender and recipient addresses. - Enter an email address, pattern, or group to match. - Repeat for all senders and recipients.             9) Click on SAVE. - [Google Workspace](https://support.econz.net/customer/google-workspace?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Reset and recover passwords](https://support.econz.net/customer/google-workspace?hsLang=en#reset-and-recover-passwords) - [Email issue](https://support.econz.net/customer/google-workspace?hsLang=en#email-issue) - [catch-all address](https://support.econz.net/customer/google-workspace?hsLang=en#catch-all-address) - [Download Google Data](https://support.econz.net/customer/google-workspace?hsLang=en#download-google-data) - [Gmail](https://support.econz.net/customer/google-workspace?hsLang=en#gmail) - 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