Categories are labels you create yourself to organise aliases into groups. You decide the names, assign a colour and icon to each one, and then tag your aliases with them.
Creating a category
Go to Aliases → Categories. Click New Category, give it a name, pick a colour and an icon, and save it. That's all it takes.
Some starting points that tend to work well: Shopping, Finance, Social, Work, Newsletters, Gaming. But use whatever labels make sense for you — the category system is entirely up to you.
Assigning an alias to a category
When creating an alias, there's a category selector in the form. Pick one there.
For existing aliases, open the three-dot menu and click Edit, then change the category.
You can also reassign categories in bulk if you're reorganising — open each alias and edit, or use grouping to see all uncategorized aliases at once.
What categories do
Once an alias has a category, you can:
- Filter the alias list to show only that category
- Group the alias list by category so each category gets its own section
- See the category colour on the alias card for quick visual identification
Categories don't affect forwarding or anything about how email is delivered. They're purely for your own organisation.
Editing and deleting categories
From the Categories page you can rename a category, change its colour or icon, or delete it.
Deleting a category doesn't delete the aliases in it — those aliases just become uncategorized.
Default category
You can set one category as your default. When you create a new alias, it'll be pre-selected in the category dropdown so you don't have to pick it each time. Useful if most of your new aliases belong to the same category.