What Is An Email Alias

 WHAT IS EMAIL ALIAS

what we mean by 'alias'... This is Molly Jones. Her mom calls her 'Molly,' her friends call her 'MJ,' and the supermarket clerk calls her 'Mrs. Jones.' While all of these people are using different names for Molly, they're all referring to the same person. They're just using nicknames, or aliases, for Molly. Now, let's put aliases in the context of emails. Molly here owns a small dog friendly winery. She likes to use her personal email address with her friends and family, and to clearly identify herself when she's communicating with her vendors. However, she'd also like a couple of generic email addresses that she can use on her website. Like one for general customer questions, and another for customers interested in hosting special events at her winery. She doesn't have the time to log in and check multiple email inboxes, and she's just starting out, so she doesn't want to purchase too many email accounts just yet. The solution? Add email aliases to her email account Aliases allow Molly to create new email addresses with alternate names that function as additional inboxes on her primary email account. Even better, the aliases use the same contact list, account settings, and inbox as the primary email address. For example, she could add the email alias, info@mollysbarkandwine.com for customer questions, and events@mollysbarkandwine.com for customers interested in using her winery for special occasions. Any email sent to either of the aliases, will be delivered to her primary account inbox: molly@mollysbarkandwine.com. She can add new email addresses to her account without creating, or paying for new email accounts until she needs them. One thing that's important to note about aliases, is that you cannot send emails from an alias. An alias can only function as an additional inbound email address to an existing email account. Remember, an email alias is a great way to create a new email address without creating a completely new email account.