[X4U] Mail Rules sorting

[Richard H Stoddard]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:16:18 -0500, Ken Johnson wrote:
> Aliases?  How do you do that - keep changing your e-mail account name?
> 
If you have a MobileMe account, go to mail, and then preferences, where 
you will find the aliases tab. You can also start in Mail Preferences 
-> Accounts, where you will find "Edit Email Aliases..." under the 
email address; however, this then takes you to the MobileMe login 
screen.

You can create up to five aliases. They function like separate email 
addresses in that you can send/receive using them, but mail addressed 
to an alias arrives in your inbox just like mail addressed to your main 
address.

I have a couple of aliases. I use one for banking and e-commerce with 
businesses with which I have long-standing relationships and which have 
meaningful privacy policies. I use the second for when I'm asked for an 
email address on a site. After awhile, the second address usually 
starts accumulating spam. At some point I just create a new alias and 
delete the old one. 

It's important to note that your main account address does not change. 
But you can be selective in to whom you give it. As I said earlier, I 
receive fewer than one/day, whereas before getting my .Mac account and 
setting up aliases I was received 75-100/day.