Google Apps – Can I configure a wildcard MX record and and catch all emai address for a domain

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I am using Google Apps Premier Edition.

I want to create a disposable email address service and I want to catch all emails for a domain. This means that I should be able to catch all mails sent to an arbitrary userid and/or arbitrary domain and store them into a single Google Apps account.

For example, in a single account I want to get all mails sent to:

1) abc@mydomain.com
2) abc@xyz.mydomain.com

without requiring to do any extra configuration in Google Apps for abc or xyz. My app will download mails from this account and process accordingly.

I have figured out that I could do (1) by specifying a catch all email address.

Is the combination of both (1) and (2) possible?

Best Answer

I am a bit unsure... Do you mean that the "xyz" subdomain will be disposable? I will assume so.

As you say, 1) is easy and support is built in, but 2) requires you to register the subdomain as a separate google apps account, so if you mean for that to be disposable then you are out of luck. Once you have registered the subdomain the it will be a separate account, and you can set up a catch all for that too.

Subdomains with email accounts, such as abc@xyz.mydomain.com also requires the appropriate MX (and SPF) records in DNS for that subdomain, what its parent has is irrelevant.

In short, no. I don't think what you want to do is possible.