Adding an alias to your email account
Find out how to add an alias address to an email account in the OVHcloud Control Panel
Last updated 20th September 2021
Objective
By creating an alias for your email address, you can give out a "concealment" address to your contacts, without having to disclose your personal email address to the sender. One email account can have multiple aliases.
For example, your email address is john.smith@mydomain.ovh and you create an alias named anonymous@mydomain.ovh. You can then provide the address anonymous@mydomain.ovh to your contacts and receive your emails on john.smith@mydomain.ovh without the sender having knowledge of john.smith@mydomain.ovh.
This guide explains how to add an alias address to an email account in the OVHcloud Control Panel.
Please note: OVHcloud aliases only work for incoming emails. It is not possible to send emails using the alias as the sender of an email.
Requirements
- access to the OVHcloud Control Panel
- an email service with OVHcloud: Exchange, Email Pro or MX Plan (new version only, included in an OVHcloud Web Hosting plan or ordered separately as a standalone solution)
Instructions
Creating an alias
Log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel, and go to the Web Cloud section. Then choose the menu section coresponding to your email solution:
-
Exchange: Open
Microsoft, thenExchange, and select the service concerned. Click on theEmail accountstab. -
Email Pro: Open
Email Pro, select the service concerned, then click on theEmail accountstab. -
Emails (MXplan): Open
Emails, select the service concerned, then click on theEmail accountstab.
In the table that appears, you will see an Alias column.
If you have an MXplan email solution and the Alias column does not appear, you are using the legacy version of the service. In this case, the aliases are created as redirections. To do this, please refer to our guide on Using email redirections .
To add an alias to your email account:
- Click the
...button, then clickConfigure aliases(orManage aliases).
- Click
Add alias, then enter the address you have chosen for your alias and confirm your choice.
Deleting an alias
In the Email accounts tab, click the ... button to the right of the email address concerned, then click Configure aliases (or Manage aliases).
Click the ... button to the right of the alias in question, in the alias management menu. Finally, click on Delete alias.
Go further
Using the Outlook Web App with an Exchange account
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