|
FastMail Forum All posts relating to FastMail.FM should go here: suggestions, comments, requests for help, complaints, technical issues etc. |
|
Thread Tools |
6 Mar 2018, 02:07 AM | #1 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 3
|
Aliases and privacy?
Anyway an alias can be connected to the primary address or to the IP address?
|
6 Mar 2018, 02:31 PM | #2 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 6
|
Yes, it can to the primary address. But Alias meaning another e-mail?
|
6 Mar 2018, 08:34 PM | #3 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 3
|
|
6 Mar 2018, 09:05 PM | #4 |
Essential Contributor
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Germany
Posts: 251
|
Hi md2, welcome to the forum!
The intention of your initial question wasn't clear to me, but yes, you're right. The receiver of an email won't see your primary FastMail address or your IP, at least as long as you use the FastMail web client. Not sure if there are some POP or IMAP clients that may reveal that information in their headers. Cheers, Michael |
6 Mar 2018, 09:29 PM | #5 |
Intergalactic Postmaster
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Irving, Texas
Posts: 8,916
|
Welcome to the EMD Forums!
If you use the FastMail web interface to send from an alias at your account, the recipient will not be able to determine your FastMail primary (login) address or your computer IP address. They can see in the full headers that the message was originated at FastMail using the web interface and sent through their outgoing server. If you use a local email client connected to FastMail to send a message the results are the same except that your PC IP address will be visible to the recipient. The FastMail outgoing SMTP server will add a header with that information, as is done for most servers when relaying a message. Bill |
7 Mar 2018, 08:48 AM | #6 | ||
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 3
|
Thank you!
Quote:
Thank you! Quote:
|
||
Thread Tools | |
|
|