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Create a temporary email alias to filter incoming mail
This guide explains how to easily sort your messages using Plus Addressing ("+ addressing" or "sub-addressing"), i.e., aliases of your email address that do not need to be actually created on a Service Mail Infomaniak.
Preamble
- This feature is free and allows you to have multiple versions of your existing email address (= aliases), for example to separate your personal emails from the newsletters you are subscribed to.
- These "wildcard" aliases mean that a message can be sent to an email address containing a
+
(for exampleabc+def@domain.xyz
) and it will still arrive in the existing inboxabc@domain.xyz
and have the possibility of being filtered and sorted automatically based on what comes after the "+" if you set this up. - Note that it is also possible to create real aliases without the
+
character ...
Using an alias with an Infomaniak email address
The next time you sign up for a newsletter or a customer account that requires a username:
- Simply use a formulation of your email address that includes the "+" sign (example: anna+newsletter‍@domain.xyz) instead of entering your actual email address.
So if your usual email address is anna@domain.xyz, emails sent to anna+newsletter‍@domain.xyz or anna+CeQueVousVoulez‍@domain.xyz will arrive in the inbox of anna@domain.xyz.
Next, to automatically move incoming messages sent to your aliases into specific folders, refer to this other guide to create sorting filters.
It is also possible to send emails from this type of address if you configure the sending address accordingly.
⚠️ Infomaniak is fully compatible with the DEA system on which the above functionality depends; in case of any issues, contact the organization where it is used.