Can I create multiple email addresses for my Office 365 account?

[Jennifer Murphy]

I have an Office 365 account. With that account I have 1 email address. Can I create additional email addresses within that one account?

The reason I want this is to avoid giving my primary email address to anyone I do not 100% trust, such as many online retailers and even more discussion boards, like this one. I have actually not had a problem with this board, but I have had with others.

For years, I have used the Spamex service. For something like $20/year, it lets me create 1,000 DEAs (disposable email addresses). If I am about to give my email to a new entity that I do not (yet) trust, I just go to Spamex, create a new DEA, and give that to the new entity. If they send me any email, it goes to Spamex first who then reroutes it to my real email address.

When I create each DEA, I enter the name of the entity that I will be giving it to. If I get spam, I just have to check with Spamex for the name of the entity. I can then turn that DEA off or delete it and, presto, no more spam from that source or anyone they may have given it to.

I probably have 200-300 hundred DEAs. Periodically, I go through them and delete the ones that have had no traffic for a long time.

This has worked well for a long time. Unfortunately, I guess it has also been used by spammers, because I am getting more and more rejections when I try to create an online account using a Spamex DEA.

So I am wondering if there is something comparable that I can do with my Office 365 account? Can I create temporary emails address like xyz@outlook.com? If so, how many?



I believe I heard that gmail has a feature where you can add a "+suffix" to your real email. So if my real email is sally@gmail.com, I can send an email to sally+xyz@gmail.com (or something like that). I think gmail then creates a random email address that contains neither "sally" nor "xyz" and send it that way. If they reply, gmail sends it to my sally@gmail.com account.

Is there anything like that with Office 365 accounts? If so, how does it work or where can I read up on it?

If not, is there another Spamex-like service that does?

Thanks

[gmayor]

While I don't believe this is possible from your Outlook account, it would be possible from any web host service provider that allows the creation of multiple addresses, such as IONOS which hosts my own web site. (Though it costs rather more than $20 a year). With a valid address and server information available you can add the addresses to your Outlook client. You would need to shop around for what offers you the best balance of service and cost.

An alternative possibility is to use MailWasher to intercept your e-mail. I have used this for years and it is an effective barrier against spam and malicious posts - such as the e-mail messages I receive purportedly from two of my friends, who have both been dead for several years!

[Jennifer Murphy]

Originally Posted by gmayor

While I don't believe this is possible from your Outlook account, it would be possible from any web host service provider that allows the creation of multiple addresses, such as IONOS which hosts my own web site. (Though it costs rather more than $20 a year). With a valid address and server information available you can add the addresses to your Outlook client. You would need to shop around for what offers you the best balance of service and cost.

How much more than $20? I'd be willing to pay somewhat more if it worked really well. I'll look into it.

An alternative possibility is to use MailWasher to intercept your e-mail. I have used this for years and it is an effective barrier against spam and malicious posts - such as the e-mail messages I receive purportedly from two of my friends, who have both been dead for several years!

(chuckle) Those friends who email from beyond the grave are a real nuisance!

I looked into MailWasher. It's a good idea, but the problem for me is that I have to run MW before I can run Outlook. I think it would be too manual for me. I want something that checks for new email every couple of minutes and rejects anything that I have flagged as spam.