[imp] Identiies vs Aliases

[Simon B]

Thanks.



On Thu, 30 Jan 2020, 22:23 Jens Wahnes <wahnes at uni-koeln.de wrote:

> Simon B wrote:
> > why, therefore, does one need both if they do the same thing?   That
> > doesn't make sense.
>
> They don't do the same thing. Like I said, only addresses listed as
> alias addresses are removed from the list of recipients when replying.
>
> Or in more general terms: alias addresses are treated as personal
> addresses, i.e. the concept of "alias" is used for email addresses that
> deliver emails to exactly one person. On the other hand, addresses that
> are tied to an identity can be group addresses or functional addresses,
> i.e. email addresses that deliver emails to a group of people.
>
>
> Jens
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