Fastmail's own domains (fastmail.com, fastmail.fm, etc.) are not catch-all. But Fastmail is popular among technical users who host custom domains, and Fastmail explicitly supports catch-all mailboxes on paid plans. BounceZero detects catch-all at the domain level and applies ML scoring where SMTP gives an accept-all response.
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Fastmail's Standard and Professional plans allow custom domain hosting with catch-all mailbox configuration. This is explicitly documented and widely used - technical users and freelancers commonly configure catch-all on their personal domains hosted on Fastmail to receive all email regardless of which alias is used. When you encounter a custom domain MX-pointing to Fastmail's servers, there is a meaningful chance it is catch-all. BounceZero detects this with a test probe before classifying the address.
Consumer domains (fastmail.com, fastmail.fm, etc.) are not catch-all. But custom domains on Fastmail paid plans frequently enable catch-all. BounceZero detects both cases.
Yes - Fastmail's Standard and Professional plans explicitly support catch-all mailbox configuration on custom domains. Many users enable it.
Typically yes. Fastmail attracts technical, privacy-conscious users. Valid Fastmail addresses tend to be from engaged, intentional users - lower risk than legacy freemail addresses.
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Per-provider answers - SMTP behaviour, detection methods, and how BounceZero handles each
No - returns 550 for unknown addresses
No - but blocks verifier IPs (Microsoft PTR policy)
No - but throttles SMTP probes heavily
No - runs on same Microsoft infra as Outlook
No - icloud.com/me.com/mac.com all individually verifiable
Not by design - but SMTP gateway returns 250 for all
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