General FAQ
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What is an alias?
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An alias is an email address that can be set up to forward mail to your
primary mailbox. For example, if you have an email address such as 12345678@myisp.com
you can get an email alias such as yourname@emailias.com that will forward all mail
to your 1234.5678@myisp.com address. If you decide you want to change your
internet service provider, all you have to do is change your alias to redirect email
to your new mailbox. Your email address will remain the same.
Aliases are alternate e-mail addresses for the same mailbox. Messages sent to your
alias address will be delivered to the mailbox of your primary address.
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Why would I want to use an alias?
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There are a number of advantages to using alias:
You no longer have to update your E-mail with everyone you know when your email address changes (perhaps switching ISPs or
employers). Simply give people who contact you your alias from emailias and after changing accounts just update the address it
should be forwarded to.
debbie@emailias.com is easy to remember and may be much more memorable than deb917@s1.isp.com
Aliases may be used for different people who share the same account. Mom@emailias.com, dad@emailias.com and
child@emailias.com may all come to the same account but each has the appearance of a unique email.
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How do you pronounce "Emailias"?
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The word "Emailias" is a combination of the words "Email" and "Alias". Emailias is pronounced email-ias ("ee-MAIL-ee-us"). Email is pronounced as
you'd expect and ias (as in "alias") is added to the end.
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What is an Emailias?
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The word Emailias comes from email address & alias which together are immediately and dynamically associated with a specific
web site or recipient and easily controlled directly from the primary email account.
A unique channel of communication is created for every sender by the recipient which allows the recipient to monitor and control
future communications, thereby enforcing email responsibility and protecting the recipient's inbox from unsolicited email
Emailias shifts the power back to the owner of the email who now has the ability to cancel the emailias if it is abused (or for any
reason) without affecting other emails.
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