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Blocking all mail to an e-mail address
If you wish to block all e-mail going to an individual e-mail address, simply create a forwarder for that address that forwards to: :fail:.
Please note that you must have the colons on both sides of the word fail for it to work.
This method also works if you wish to make the default address (also known as the catch-all address) fail. Putting :fail: as the default address will make all e-mail addressed to an e-mail address/alias (that you have not made a pop3 account or forwarder for) fail.
Please refer to the Cpanel control panel manual for information on how to create e-mail forwarders.
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