Glossary

Alias email

An extra address that delivers into an existing mailbox.

ValidReach Team · Updated 2026-10-26

In practice

A company might route sales@ and hello@ to one person. Some providers also let users add a tag such as name+news@ that still reaches name@.

The alias and the main address are two strings for one inbox.

Example

sales@northwind.example.test forwards to ana@northwind.example.test.

Verification and sending

A list with both forms holds the same person twice. Check how your deduplication treats tagged addresses before you verify, so you do not pay twice.