How to bounce emails TO a particular email address

Question

We use Google Apps and on most domains, have a catchall address.

Over the years though, various email addresses of ours have ended up on various sold email databases/lists and they receive different types of spam on a regular basis - in fact, it isn't necessarily spam, but just cold calling via email.

In many cases, we know that the only way the some of the email addresses were obtained were through purchasing email lists, which we are very much against in business.

I am wondering if there is any way to bounce only emails to specific email addresses so that we can still keep our catchall running.

Anyone know if this is possible, either within Google Apps or with a third party app?

Answer 1

Yes, you can keep your catch-all running and bounce only emails sent to a specific email address. Follow these steps:

1. Sign in to gmail
2. Go to Settings (gear icon) -> Manage this domain
3. From the admin console, click Apps
4. Select Default routing
5. Click ADD SETTING

Pop-up window has 3 settings:

1. The recipient email address you want to disable
2. Choose: Reject message
3. Choose: Perform this action on non-recognized and recognized addresses

Then press SAVE and you are done.

Answer 2

The Googles Instructions in Support are currently incorrect. the above does not seem quite right either. If this is wrong I will happily remove, but for now it maybe of use.

this screen show how to redirect incorrect emails on your domain to a specific email.

also it looks like the clocking can also be done here. I will update once I know more...

the tricky part is that it is not clear how to use it:

Add and email or a domain. for me a domain was allowed to be entered.