What are email aliases and how do I retrieve mail sent to them?
• When you sign up for an email account you are assigned one mailbox (per account) • To access your mail you log into the mailbox with your username and password. Your username is generally your primary email address. • Aliases can be thought of as ‘Also know as’. In other words they are extensions of your main email address. When we setup aliases they are literally assigned to your primary address. • Because they are assigned to your primary address any mail sent to them are retrieved when you log into your mailbox with your username and password. No other actions are required. You do not need individual setups in your email client. Aliases come in handy for several reasons here is just a few: • If you put an email address on your web page there is a good chance that ‘Spam list spiders’ will extract them, index them, and include the address on several junk mail listings. One way to help prevent this is to use an alias on your web site, then you can create a rule in Outlook to direct a
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