Email aliases are both a security feature and a convenience\nfeature. As you may have surmised from the word \u201calias\u201d, privacy and anonymity\nare dressed through the use of an email alias. They also help to prevent junk\nmail, making it easier to sort through your inbox without having to delete a\nbunch of unsolicited offers or suggestions that you purchase some kind of male\nenhancement pill. PrivateMail offers an email alias, or \u201cidentity\u201d, feature\nthat we strongly encourage you to use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is\nan Email Alias?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Email aliases are like a bunch of different costumes for the same inbox. You have one inbox, but multiple alias accounts. Say, for example, you are johndoe@privatemail.com<\/a>. You only want your friends and family to reach you at that address. You like to sign up for community events, and those require you to receive emails. You can create the alias johndoecommunity@privatemail.com<\/a> for those emails. You can have your bills and credit card statement sent to johndoebills@privatemail.com<\/a>. With each one of these Alias accounts it’s also possible to create separate user identities, with specific names and email signatures for each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Having these aliases helps you stay organized and secure\nwhen managing your inbox. You\u2019re less likely to lose or forget things, and\nwhatever important information you\u2019re looking for won\u2019t be buried in a pile of\nspam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s\nthe Difference Between an Email Alias and a User?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n An alias, or multiple aliases, are assigned to one user.\nThere\u2019s only one account with one password and one main inbox. You can send\nemails and responses from each alias, but you do it while logged in to your\nsole account. You won\u2019t need to log in to a different account to switch\naliases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Users are a completely separate thing. Every user has their\nown inbox and can have their own email aliases. Many people create multiple\nuser accounts with mail providers that don\u2019t offer email aliases, and it\u2019s\nwildly inconvenient. It\u2019s a lot more to keep track of. Rather than creating\nmultiple accounts to keep yourself organized, you would utilize all of those\naliases as one user. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What Are the\nBenefits of Utilizing an Email Alias?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Email aliases are a far less complicated version of what\nmany people are currently doing. Switching to email aliases instead of having a\nmillion different accounts or trying to navigate a normal user inbox can\ndrastically simplify your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s Easier to Stay Organized<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Every alias can be set to receive mail in a specially\ndesignated folder. Your email gets sorted before you even check it. You won\u2019t\nneed to search high and low for your credit card bill (or even worse, lose it\nin your crowded inbox and get hit with a late fee) if it goes directly into\nyour bill folder. You\u2019ll see that it\u2019s come in the moment it arrives, and\nyou\u2019ll be able to pay it right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stay on Top of Spam Control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you get a lot of spam sent to your normal user inbox,\nyou likely have to retrace your step and constantly unsubscribe from things. If\nsomeone shares your information with a third party, it\u2019s easy to narrow down the\nculprit judging by which alias started receiving spam. If you\u2019re getting a ton\nof spam to a particular alias, you can just drop that alias. Problem solved \u2013\nit\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Increase Your Anonymity <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You might want to use your actual name with your family,\nyour work connections, and your financial institutions. Do you really want to\nuse your actual name for the Cat Lovers Monthly newsletter? An email alias\nmeans that you don\u2019t have to, and your love of adorable felines can remain a\nsecret. Aliases allow you to sign up for something with what can effectively\nbecome a burner email address. This makes you harder to track online, and\nreduces the risk that your identity could be placed at risk during a data\nbreach involving something you\u2019ve signed up for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Start\nUsing PrivateMail\u2019s Identity Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PrivateMail allows users to create email aliases via the\nIdentity feature. It\u2019s simple to use, and it adds a new layer of security to\nyour inbox. Between email aliases, encrypted cloud storage and OpenPGP encryption,\nyou\u2019re as safe as you can possibly be when sending or receiving emails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Email aliases are both a security feature and a convenience feature. As you may have surmised from the word \u201calias\u201d, privacy and anonymity are dressed through the use of an email alias. 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