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What is the difference between an alias and a forward?

April 26, 2017Alias forward

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What is the difference between an alias and a forward?

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Aliases are setup at the domain level, where forwards are setup on an individual email address. Functionally they have the same effect no matter how it is setup. So address1@domain.com aliased to address2@domain.com, is the same as address1@domain.com forwarded to address2@domain.com.