RE: Have you gotten your USMS alias email address

Muppet — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:29:55 GMT

this is a pretty cool perk - i agree, ande. i signed myself up about a year ago. for those who aren't quite sure how it works, yes, it pretty much forwards the emails. if you have an email address that may be a bit embarassing on resumes, applications, rather than getting a new one and telling all your friends to switch, you can have something more professional - at usms.org. For example, Bill Clinton is applying for RNC Chairman. He's been using elephants_suck@democrat.org since the 80's when Al Gore invented the internet. But since he's a USMS member, he signs up for the alias William.Clinton@usms.org, which looks a lot less hostile on his RNC app. Most email programs and online email services will allow you to set up your email so that your alias is the only address recipients will see.

RE: Have you gotten your USMS alias email address

smontanaro — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:12:24 GMT

Yes, it looks like will be a simple mail reflector. Skip Montanaro

RE: Have you gotten your USMS alias email address

Midas — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:08:14 GMT

Thanks for pointing this out Ande, but I'm not sure what it does. Does it just forward e-mails to your actual e-mail address?