How to Create Email Aliases for an Email Marketing Tool
When sending email marketing campaigns you might want the "from" email address to be a generic mailbox, such as an info@yourdomain.com. Instead of creating and paying for an additional mailbox your can create an email alias. When clients respond to your email campaign typically you want the response to be distributed to multiple people. Multiple people checking a single mailbox can cause confusion, instead you can create an email alias. As you can see email aliases can serve multiple purposes. An email alias forwards the email to any valid email addresses you specify. Normally you can create as many email aliases as you like. Creating an email alias is executed through your web mail interface.
Instructions
Difficulty:
Step 1
Log in to your webmail interface. For example, Gmail's webmail interface is located at http://www.gmail.com. Depending on the access you have you might need your System Administrator to login to create the alias.
Step 2
Select the Email Aliases link and choose the "Add new email alias" button.
Step 3
Enter the name of the alias you want to create then choose the email address it needs to be forwarded to. If you want the alias to be forwarded to an external address, fill enter it in the provided field.
Step 4
Choose the "save" button.
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Tips & Warnings
- Each webmail interface may function differently but creating a email alias is very similar.
Article Written By Mark Ritchie
Mark Ritchie has been writing since 2005. His articles appear on Web sites including eHow. Ritchie has a Bachelor of Science in information systems from Kean University.