What are aliases?
An alias, is a user-defined shorthand name for a domain name. For example, the alias for the domain name yourdomain.net could be yourdn.net. Aliases are generally used to save typing, especially when you want users to access a Web site using only a domain name and not a host name and server name. Instead of entering yourserver.yourdomain.net, users can enter the alias to access yourdomain.net.
An alias is a user-defined shorthand name for a domain name. For example, the alias for the domain name yourdomain.net could be yourdn.net. Aliases are generally used to save typing, especially when you want users to access a Website using only a domain name and not a host name and server name. Instead of entering yourserver.yourdomain.net, users can enter the alias to access yourdomain.net.
Aliases are used to provide a quality of service for messages. The queue manager alias enables a system administrator to alter the name of a target queue manager without causing you to have to change your applications. It also enables the system administrator to alter the route to a destination queue manager, or to set up a route that involves passing through a number of other queue managers (multi-hopping). The reply-to queue alias provides a quality of service for replies. Queue manager aliases and reply-to queue aliases are created using a remote-queue definition that has a blank RNAME. These definitions do not define real queues; they are used by the queue manager to resolve physical queue names, queue manager names, and transmission queues. Alias definitions are characterized by having a blank RNAME.
Can’t Post Aliases are email addresses or variations of an address associated with a primary email account. Messages addressed to the alias address are delivered to the primary email account. For example: joe.com@mydomain.com joe-com@mydomain.com joe_com@mydomain.com are defined as aliases to: joe@mydomain.com Hence, messages addressed to any of the above 4 addresses will be delivered to joe@mydomain.com. Messages addressed to aliases will still display the recipient’s alias address even though the messages are delivered to the primary account.
Aliases are different names for the same mailbox. For example: You run a one-person business, but you want your website to make you look as if your company is much larger, with several departments. You can use e-mail addresses like sales@yourbusiness.com, info@yourbusiness.com, and tech@yourbusiness.com which will all point to one mailbox. In this way, it makes your company look as if there are several people behind it, running different areas, when in actuality each alias simply points to one mailbox. Each of our hosting plans allow you to set up a specific number of aliases for free. You can set up additional aliases for a small additional charge.
