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Mail:  Creating mail aliases for existing personal accounts


Q.  Is it possible to have two e-mail addresses for one account?

A.  You can have a mail alias name for your account.  For example, I could
    be: 

         mickey@halcyon.com

    but also:

         mickey_weasel@halcyon.com

    Note that mail sent to either name will de delivered to the same
    mailbox, the mailbox with the login name on the account.

    We'll create a couple -- a maximum of three -- mail aliases for each
    account.  The aliases must:

       - Contain only lowercase letters and/or numerals
       - Include no punctuation except for underscore (_) or hyphen (-)
       - Be between nine and fourteen characters long

    Names have to start with an alphanumeric character, and can contain
    only undercores (_) and hyphen (-) as embedded punctuation.  Embedded
    means that the _ or - are separators between alphanumerics, not
    leading or trailing characters.  There's a tendency for folks to try
    to pad out their names to nine characters with underscores; not only
    will this confuse some mailers, it's a maintenance nightmare, and it's
    awfully hard for your correspondents to know how many underscores to
    type.  

    Remember that while UNIX is case-sensitive, not all mailer programs
    are.  That's why do don't allow aliases that contain mixes of upper-
    and lowercase characters; that's only creating a problem we'll all
    have to deal with later.

    There is no charge for creating mail alias names.

    To add *separate* mailboxes (emailed is stored seperately with it's
    own password), you may purchase an additional POP box for $5/month.
                                                                            
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