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• Open Outlook.com, click the Settings cog and choose "View all Outlook settings". Click Email > Sync email > Manage or choose a primary alias. Click "Add email address" and follow the prompts to create an alias. See More...

• Allows for a greater amount of separation between your personal and online life.
• Gives you a sense of privacy,something that is becoming a bit of a commodity these days.
• No need to worry about bosses and other work colleagues finding your work online.
• You can create an online persona that is quite different from your real world self.

• - Go to Add an alias. Sign in to your Microsoft account, if prompted. - Under Add an alias, do one of the following: - Create a new Outlook.com email address and add it as an alias. - Add an existing email address as an alias.

An email alias is a convenient email address based on your name (for example, [email protected]). Email sent to your alias is routed to the Duke mailbox you designate in your request for an alias (in the case of students, it’s routed to your NetID email account).

Open Outlook.com, click the Settings cog and choose "View all Outlook settings". Click Email > Sync email > Manage or choose a primary alias. Click "Add email address" and follow the prompts to create an alias. See More...

• Allows for a greater amount of separation between your personal and online life.
• Gives you a sense of privacy, something that is becoming a bit of a commodity these days.
• No need to worry about bosses and other work colleagues finding your work online.
• You can create an online persona that is quite different from your real world self.

• Go to Add an alias. Sign in to your Microsoft account, if prompted.
• Under Add an alias, do one of the following:
  • Create a new Outlook.com email address and add it as an alias.
  • Add an existing email address as an alias.