[thelist] What is a good analogy for email aliases?

[John Meyer]

At 01:07 PM 6/22/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Hey.  Thanks everyone for their responses. We're prolly going to test out
>call forwarding and PO Box.
>
>And no, cracking out the dictionary doesn't really help out for the entire
>process (which is a large part of the incomprehension).  An alternate what?
>A pointer? Why?  What?  A pseudonym? Nome de plume?  Pen name, even?
>
>It may as well be Greek.  They really do need something practical that
>they've more than likely experienced that we can draw the analogy to.
>

A pointer comes from programming, and it basically is a variable that 
"points" to another variable.  Just tell them that if somebody sends them 
an e-mail to their alias, it will end up within the same e-mail account.


John Meyer
john_meyer at geocities.com
Programmer


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