E-mail ALIAS – A quick how-to

Hello again fellow following followers!

As promised in my previous post (august 23), here’s a quick how-to for using e-mail Alias.

Whut?

First, what’s an alias? Well, just like the word means, it’s to be used as “another name”. The other name is usually desired when an e-mail account’s names is too crappy or simply too long/complex to remember. Ex.: An e-mail could look something like this: armando.ronaldo-di-caprio_mechette-ahrryato@companyname.de. With an alias, it could become something a lot easier to remember and to write down: a.ronaldo@companyname.de.

A very common use (which used to be advertised as such back then) is to change that e-mail name you created while in sixth grade. (Ex.: super_fire-skater1994@hotmail.com) Why change? You may (or not) realized later on that you just can’t use this e-mail on your CV because frankly, it ain’t professional. So, instead of creating a new account, you simply create an alias; john.armando@outlook.com. No new e-mail account and no new login to remember!

How?

Microsoft, Yahoo! or any decent e-mail provider should/must support the creation of alias. Note that weirdly enough, Google’s Gmail does NOT; you’ll need a new account altogether on that platform or use their “notes” system… which defies the very purpose of alias.

Here are Microsoft’s and Yahoo!’s alias creation instructions:

Microsoft Outlook.com (Live, Hotmail, etc.) alias creation

Yahoo! mail alias creation

Enjoy!

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References
-http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows/outlook/add-alias-account
-https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-business-mail/alias-sln17350.html
-https://support.google.com/mail/answer/12096?hl=en