What is an email "alias" and what is it for? (Windows Hosting)

What is an email alias and what is it for? (Windows Hosting)

An email alias is an alternative address you can give to an existing e-mail address or group of addresses.  In practice, if you create an alias called info associated with one or more email addresses, for example: Paul@yourdomain.com  and Bob@yourdomain.com , all the messages sent to “info@yourdomain.com” will also be received by both Paul and Bob, but the ”info” address doesn’t exist as an email account you can access, so you cannot configure your e-mail client to log into it, or access it through webmail.

Please see the DotNetPanel online help for further information about how to set up email forwarding.