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I am using Google Domains for my website. I also get a free email-forwarding facility. However, there is no documentation on how the wildcard entries are resolved.

For example: I have the following entries for email forwarding.

1. *      @example.com --> [email protected]
2. test*  @example.com --> [email protected]
3. test12*@example.com --> [email protected]

So, if I send test emails to 

a. [email protected] 
b. [email protected]
c. [email protected]

Which rule will be applied in each case?

My quick experiment suggests the rule #3, 2 and 1 is applied respectively. However, I am not sure if it is consistent i.e. will be applied consistently in the future. Is there a procedure that is used to resolve such conflicts/overlaps?

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    Does google domains even support partial wildcards? I've tried to use "part*@example.com" and matching emails ([email protected]) are NOT going through.
    – Jamona Mican
    Commented Dec 18, 2020 at 9:42
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    I don't think partial wildcards are supported. only rule 1 will apply.
    – Sudhir
    Commented Apr 29, 2021 at 7:46

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At the time of writing, Google domains does not support partial wildcards for forwarding email addresses.

So if an email is an exact match of the the 2nd or 3rd email in your questions it will be forwarded to [email protected] and [email protected] respectively. All other emails will be forwarded to [email protected].

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