AliasFleet gives you forwarding addresses to use instead of your real inbox. You make an alias like shop.a3f9k2@aliasfleet.me, hand that out on a sign-up form, and mail sent to it still lands in your real inbox. Sites only ever see the alias, so you can turn off any alias that starts drawing spam without changing your real address.
What is an email alias?#
An email alias is a forwarding address that takes mail in and passes it on to your real inbox. The sender only ever sees the alias. Your real address never goes into the sign-up form, the mailing list, or the breach dump, because you never gave it out. Give each site its own alias and you get a free tell: when the alias you gave one shop starts pulling spam, you know which site leaked it.
How does forwarding work?#
Forwarding runs in three steps. Someone sends mail to your alias. AliasFleet picks it up and passes it to the inbox you set as that alias's destination. The message shows up in your real inbox like any other mail, and you can answer it. Your reply goes out from the alias, so the other side still never sees your real address.
Here is what that looks like with three aliases:
Your real email: john@example.comShopping alias: shop.a3f9k2@aliasfleet.me → john@example.comNewsletter alias: news.b8m1p7@afleet.me → john@example.comSocial alias: social.x2n9q4@aliasfleet.me → john@example.comAll three land in your normal inbox. The address in the To field tells you which site each message came through. For the full mechanics, including what happens between the alias and your inbox, see Understanding forwarding.
What does an alias look like in the dashboard?#
In the dashboard, every alias gets its own card in the Aliases list. The card shows the alias address, the label you gave it, and an Active switch. Click the address and it copies, so you can paste it straight into a sign-up form. The screenshot below shows one card with the copy tooltip showing, the Active switch on, and the Compose and View buttons.
For a walk around the rest of the dashboard, see Your dashboard at a glance.
How do I create my first alias?#
You set up your first alias from the Aliases page. It takes under a minute.
- Open the Aliases page. Go to Aliases in your dashboard.
- Click + Create Alias. Use the + Create Alias button at the top right, or the matching control at the bottom of the left sidebar.
- Enter the alias address. Type the local part, the bit before the
@, and pick your domain from the selector beside it. - Check Forward To. Confirm Forward To shows the inbox you want mail to land in.
- Click Create. Your alias is live straight away.
The full walkthrough, with a test email to confirm forwarding works, is in Your first alias. The complete management guide, covering editing, deactivating, deleting, naming, and custom domains, is Creating aliases.
What happens when an alias starts getting spam?#
If an alias starts pulling spam, switch that alias off. Mail to it stops there, and everything else carries on as normal. Your real inbox is untouched. You never have to change your real address or tell your contacts you have moved. If the alias belongs to an account you still use, make a fresh alias for that site and swap the address on file there. Activating and deactivating an alias covers the switch in detail, and Deleting an alias covers permanent removal.
How is this guide different from the blog introduction?#
This guide is the product overview: what AliasFleet is, how forwarding works, and where to go next. The blog post What Is AliasFleet? argues the case for email aliasing in general: why handing your real address to every site is a problem and how aliases fix it. Read the blog post for the argument. Use this guide when you want the facts and the setup steps.
What do the free and Pro plans include?#
The free plan covers up to 10 aliases, enough for your main sign-ups and a proper try-out. Pro drops the alias limit and adds custom domain support plus reply from alias, so you can send and reply from aliases on your own domain. You can start on either plan. Upgrading later leaves your existing aliases exactly as they are.
What do I do next?#
- Your first alias - create one alias and confirm it forwards with a test email.
- Creating aliases - the full alias management guide.
- Understanding forwarding - what happens between the alias and your inbox.
- How to use email aliases - where aliases pay off first in everyday sign-ups.