An alias is an additional email address that points to an existing mailbox. Example: you have the mailbox max@your-domain.com and want mail to info@your-domain.com and contact@your-domain.com to arrive there too – without creating separate mailboxes.
Creating an alias
- Open your domain in the customer area and go to the Email section.
- Click + Alias next to the mailbox you want.
- Enter only the part before the @, e.g.
info, and click Add.
The new address then appears with the mailbox under Also reachable as. Mail to this address arrives in the mailbox shortly afterwards – you don't need to change anything in your mail program.
Removing an alias
Click the × next to the alias. Mail to this address will no longer arrive.
Good to know
- No extra storage: An alias uses no additional space and doesn't count as a mailbox.
- Up to 50 aliases per mailbox. Each address can only exist once per domain – as a mailbox or as an alias.
- Allowed characters: letters, digits, dot, hyphen and underscore.
- Working separately: If several people should read their own mail with their own password, create a separate mailbox instead of an alias.
- Setting up the mailbox in your mail program: how it works.