Introduction
	An E-Mail alias is simply a forwarding e-mail address. Each e-mail alias you create simply forwards e-mail on to any e-mail address that you specify. E-Mail aliases are often used to create handy replacements for long or difficult-to-remember e-mail addresses. They can also be used to create generic e-mail addresses such as webmaster@yourcompany.com and info@yourcompany.com. For example, say you want to create a webmaster e-mail alias on the yourcompany.com Virtual Private Servers that automatically and immediately forwards to your local ISP e-mail account, you@your-isp.com. On the yourcompany.com Virtual Private Servers, you would create an e-mail alias like this: webmaster: you@your-isp.com It's that easy! And you can create as many e-mail aliases as you want on your Virtual Private Servers: there's no limit! An alias can have multiple recipients. For example: webmaster: you@your-isp.com, someone@YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME If you have a long list of recipients for an alias, you can use the include option to look at a list. This also comes in handy if you need to change the list frequently, since changing the list won't require you to run vnewaliases. To include a list, use the following format: listname: :include: /path/to/file The list file is simply a text file containing one recipient's address per line. There are a number of other things you can do with the aliases file. More information can be found in the man page: % man aliases
	Creating Aliases
	There are several methods you can use to create e-mail aliases on your Virtual Private Servers. iManager iManager Tools and Wizards allow you to use your own web browser to easily create e-mail aliases on your Virtual Private Servers. Telnet/SSH You can create e-mail aliases during a Telnet/SSH session with your Virtual Private Servers. Connect to your Virtual Private Servers via Telnet or SSH and do the following. Add the e-mail alias to your ~/etc/aliases file. Use an online file editor, like pico, or transfer the file to your PC in order to add the alias. Be sure to download and upload the ~/etc/aliases file in ASCII mode. The e-mail alias you create in your ~/etc/aliases file should look something like this: alias: e-mail_address Run the vnewaliases command. % vnewaliases
	Removing Aliases
	Use the same methods to remove e-mail aliases from your Virtual Private Servers. iManager iManager Tools and Wizards allow you to use your own web browser to easily remove e-mail aliases from your Virtual Private Servers. Telnet/SSH You can remove e-mail aliases during a Telnet/SSH session with your Virtual Private Servers. Connect to your Virtual Private Servers via Telnet or SSH and do the following. Remove the e-mail alias from your ~/etc/aliases file. Use an online file editor, like pico, or transfer the file to your PC in order to remove the alias. Be sure to download and upload the ~/etc/aliases file in ASCII mode. Run the vnewaliases command. % vnewaliases