Microsoft sends a confirmation mail to the main account address that details some of the options that aliases offer: Here it is then possible to select a folder or the inbox as the storage location for incoming emails for that email alias or have them go to the inbox instead. This time as an option to create 'completely different email addresses that you can use to receive email into your primary account without anyone knowing what your primary email address is'. To counter this a second option to create aliases was introduced. The spam protection offered by this kind of alias system is negligible as it is possible to identify the real email address directly by cutting off the part before the + character.
A new alias is created instantly by adding the '+' character and a unique letter combination to the email address, for instance This is helpful for niche specific email conversations, especially since it is possible to store alias emails in their own folder in the Hotmail inbox. The first available option is to add characters to the first part of the email address.
Two different versions of email aliases are available. Email aliases are alternative on-the-fly email addresses that can be generated directly in Hotmail. Microsoft launched a new email alias feature for all users of the company's email service Hotmail recently.
