🚀 Autocatch: The “Set It and Forget It” Email Catch-All

Ever needed to spin up a quick test account but didn’t want to pollute your main inbox? Or maybe you’re tired of manually configging aliases every time you sign up for a new SaaS.

I built Autocatch.mx to solve the bounce problem once and for all. It’s a lightweight, high-performance catch-all that just works.

What’s the deal with Catch-All? 🤔

Standard mail servers are picky. If you haven’t explicitly mapped an alias like staging-user-42@yourdomain.com, the server throws a 550 error and bounces the mail.

Autocatch kills the bounce. It ingests any-address@YourDomainName.com instantly. No manual alias mapping, no YAML config updates, no friction. Just point your MX records and start catching.

✨ Core Features


Feature	The Dev Perspective
Instant Aliases	Zero-config. Use `anything@yourdomain.com` and it’s live instantly.
Automatic Discovery	New aliases are detected on-the-fly and populated in your dashboard.
Webhooks	Pipe incoming mail data to your own endpoints. Trigger logic on `POST`.
Multi-Forwarding	Blast emails to multiple recipients at once. Keep the whole team in the loop.
Blocklist Control	Kill noisy aliases and specific senders. Clean signals only. 🚫
Forwarding Rules	Clean routing logic. Pipe `prod@` to one place and `dev@` to another.
Real-Time Alerts	Web sockets and notifications so you know the second a payload hits.
Spam Guard	Built-in heuristics to keep the junk out of your logs. 🛡️

🦾 Building for the Future

While it’s great for personal privacy (spotting which “secure” company sold your data), the real power is in the programmable email side of things.

Pattern Matching: Use regex-style routing based on the To: address to trigger specific workflows.
AI Pipelines: Pipe your incoming mail bodies directly into LLMs for auto-summarization or sentiment analysis.
REST API (Coming Soon): We’re polishing up the API docs so you can programmatically manage domains and rules via your own CLI or scripts. 🛠️

🛠️ The Setup (30-second workflow)

Point MX Records: Update your DNS to route mail to our stack.
Invent Aliases: Use any string you want before the @.
Monitor & Pipe: Use the dashboard to filter or set up webhooks for external processing.

💳 The Plans

Free Tier 🆓

Unlimited aliases & auto-discovery.
7-day retention (plenty for dev/test cycles).
Standard spam filtering.

Pro Tier 💎

Attachment Handling: We handle the heavy lifting for binary data.
Premium Forwarding: Complex conditional routing and advanced multi-forwarding logic.
Unlimited Retention: Store your mail forever (up to 15GB total storage). 💾

💡 FAQ

Q: Do I need to be a sysadmin? A: If you can edit a DNS record, you’re overqualified.

Q: Can I block specific aliases or senders? A: Absolutely. Whether it’s a compromised alias or a persistent sender, you can blackhole them with one click.

Q: Is there an API? A: It’s in the works! We’re finishing the auth layer and docs. Stay tuned.