How to Send Emails from Your Alias
Two ways to send emails so recipients see your alias, not your real address.
Reply to a Forwarded Email
The easiest way — just hit Reply on any email that was forwarded through your alias. Your reply will automatically be sent from your alias address, so the recipient never sees your real email.
Send a New Email Manually
To send a brand-new email (not a reply), compose it in your regular email client and set the To field using a special format. We'll forward it to the recipient on your behalf, so it appears to come from your alias.
Format:
youralias+recipient=example.com@test.dontgivea.shReplace youralias with your alias name, and recipient=example.com with the recipient's address where the @ is replaced using one of the encoding formats below.
Encoding Formats
Since the recipient's address goes inside the To field, the @ needs to be encoded. We support four formats — use whichever is most convenient:
youralias+recipient=example.com@test.dontgivea.shDouble-dash (--)
youralias+recipient--example.com@test.dontgivea.shDouble-underscore (__)
youralias+recipient__example.com@test.dontgivea.shURL-encoded (%40)
youralias+recipient%40example.com@test.dontgivea.shExample: If your alias is john@test.dontgivea.sh and you want to email jane@gmail.com, compose an email to:
john+jane=gmail.com@test.dontgivea.shJane will receive it from john@test.dontgivea.sh.