- Jan 24, 2011
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Microsoft acknowledges that there are many reasons why users might want to use email alias accounts and, according to Dharmesh Mehta on the Windows Blog, has now added an easy option to Windows Live Hotmail to set up such accounts. Signing up for a new alias uses the same mechanisms as any new account, but the alias accounts don't require extra house-keeping or log-ins. Mails to these aliases are managed from the user's main Hotmail Inbox.
This allows users to create email addresses for internet ordering and to keep professional mail accounts separate from recreational and family accounts. Throw-away accounts can also be used to help minimise spam. To start with, each user will be allowed up to five alias addresses per year, and these can be deleted and replaced as required. Microsoft says this can eventually be increased up to 15 aliases over the course of three years
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This allows users to create email addresses for internet ordering and to keep professional mail accounts separate from recreational and family accounts. Throw-away accounts can also be used to help minimise spam. To start with, each user will be allowed up to five alias addresses per year, and these can be deleted and replaced as required. Microsoft says this can eventually be increased up to 15 aliases over the course of three years
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