Microsoft provides Hotmail with Alias Accounts

Bangalore: Microsoft introduces a much needed feature for Hotmail email service. Hotmail account users can create and manage a variety of multiple email addresses from a single Hotmail account, making it easy to use different email addresses while still enjoying all the benefits of Hotmail without changing your primary email address or Hotmail identity. Microsoft has set a maximum limit of 5 aliases per account and all of the mails will eventually end up in the same mailbox. Users can setup their accounts in such a way that all the mails from the various aliases end up in separate folders on the same account. The average person online manages around three different email addresses for different purposes, whether it is to organize different types of emails, keeping junk mail away from their primary email address, or to maintain different online personas. Hotmail already has the option to allow you to simply add a plus sign (+) and an additional word to the first part of your email address, creating an alternate alias in the process and re-directing email sent to this address to either your inbox or to a separate folder. Dharmesh Mehta, Windows Live director, explains the practicality of this new feature saying, "Let's say you're in the market for a new car. There are a bunch of websites that will email you price quotes, sales alerts, etc. During your car search, these messages are helpful, but once you're done, they become clutter that can be difficult to stop. By using an alias on these websites instead of your main email address, you can avoid this.Much of this is being done through “alias accounts.” These alternate addresses are accounts you can set up inside your existing Hotmail interface. According to the CNET report, you can create these accounts in precisely the same fashion you would set up a new account. The only difference is you’ll be able to access your various alias accounts from a single interface without logging out, re-entering credentials, and logging back in. Once associated with your Hotmail account, an alias account can be accessed, replied from, or otherwise managed from your core inbox.the director of Windows Live, gave further insight into the service’s concept. “Today we all often have multiple e-mail accounts for many different reasons, one of which is that I don’t want to give my real address out to any site in the world http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Videocon_launches_new_range_of_handsets-nid-70077-cid-31.html