Email Alias is an alternate email address that you can create within your primary email. This alternate email address will point to the primary email address you already have. All the emails received in the email alias will be delivered to your default inbox and you can also send emails from it. Send emails from a different address or alias. If you own another email address, you can send mail as that address. For example: Yahoo, Outlook, or other.
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Microsoft's Outlook.com Webmail service allows you to use several different email addresses without creating separate accounts. These addresses, or aliases, allow you to use a unique address for different purposes, while still getting all your mail in the same inbox. When you no longer need a alias, you can delete it from the Outlook.com website.
Delete Alias From Outlook.com
Deleting an Outlook.com alias is easy. First, sign in to the Outlook.com website, and then click your profile pictures and select 'Account Settings.' Select the 'Account Alias' tab, and then click 'Remove' next to the alias you want to delete. If the alias is set as your primary email, you can't delete it until you first select another address as your primary alias
Remove Alias From Outlook Client
If you set up a separate mailbox on your Outlook desktop software to send messages from the alias, you can remove the alias from Outlook by deleting the mailbox associated with it.
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Microsoft’s Outlook.com isn't anywhere near as tweakable as Gmail, but one great thing Outlook.com does offer is email aliases—multiple, independent email addresses belonging to a single account.
Why would you want to use an email alias? You can create a hard-to-guess alias as a password recovery address for your online accounts, making it more difficult for hackers to nab your data through the back door. Creating junk addresses to hand over to websites or apps that force you to register is also a great way to keep your personal email address out of the hands of marketers.
Here’s how to get started.
How to create an alias in Outlook.com
From the Outlook.com inbox, click on the settings cog in the upper right corner and click on More mail settings in the drop down menu.
On the next page, under Managing your account, click on Create an Outlook alias. For security reasons, Microsoft will ask you to sign in to your account again.
Next you’ll be on the alias creation page. Just enter the name of the email address you’d like to use, select whether you’d like the address to be Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, or Live.com, and then click Create an alias. (You probably stand a better chance of getting the address you want with the newer Outlook.com domain.)
If the address you want isn’t taken, Outlook will take you back to your inbox. You can then choose to have mail from your new alias delivered straight to your inbox or to a separate folder. Once you’ve decided which you prefer, click Done.
A few minutes later, Outlook will drop you an email message telling you that you’re alias is ready for use.
Once your alias is up and running, you can use it to sign in to your Microsoft account using the same password you always have. You can also use aliases to replace your current Hotmail or Live.com address as the primary identity for your Microsoft account. So instead of automatically signing into your Windows 8 PC or Xbox Live with [email protected], you can use [email protected].
Active aliases will also show up in the Windows 8 modern UI mail client and Outlook.com for Android. So what are you waiting for? Create some aliases to better manage your email.
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