[kwlug-disc] Email server (lets bring this up again!)

Chris Irwin chris at chrisirwin.ca
Sat May 4 13:13:56 EDT 2019


On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 11:38:20AM -0400, Colin Mackay wrote:
>So with fastmail and it's web interface, do you already need to set the
>aliases ahead of time, or can you use a 'catchall' for an alias?

On fastmail, you can use '*' as an alias, which functions as a catchall 
(it runs last, so other aliases take precidence). Replies will 
automatically come 'from' the alias that received the mail (if you're 
using the web -- again, using clients requires you to configure them to 
do this).

The only quirk with '*' alias is with the signature adjustment. Fastmail 
is smart enough to substitute your email address in your signature for 
the alias, but will actually insert '*@chrisirwin.ca'.

-- 
Chris Irwin

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