What’s the Difference Between an Email Domain, Account, Address, and Alias?
✳️ Email comes with its own set of terminology. I'll review how email addresses, accounts, domains, and aliases relate.
✳️ Email domains, accounts, addresses, and aliases
Email terminology can be confusing. An email domain (e.g., “askleo.com”) represents an organization. An email address (e.g., “[email protected]”) directs messages to a specific mailbox. An email account is the mailbox and its associated folders. Aliases are different addresses delivering to the same mailbox.
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0:00 Email Domain, Account, Address, and Alias
0:40 Domains and servers
2:00 Email accounts
3:20 Email address
4:33 Alias
5:30 Extending the metaphor
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