Can one alias forward to two people?

No. Each alias forwards to one inbox. For mail both adults need, such as utility bills, route the alias to an inbox you share, or have one person forward the occasional message on.

Does each family member need their own account?

No. One person runs the account and adds each family member's inbox as a forwarding address. Each person confirms their address once from their own inbox, and then any alias can be routed to them.

Email Aliases for Families

Email aliases for families give every household account its own address on one family domain.

School mail goes to the parent who handles school. A child's game signups go to a parent. Bills go to a shared inbox.

When one of those companies shares an address, you know which one.

Set up a family domain

Free software. You bring a domain you own, or register one during setup.

Email aliases for families: a household's aliases on one family domain in the Don't SPAM Me app

One family domain, everyone's addresses

Register a family domain and every household account gets its own address on it: energy@, school@, netflix@, roblox-sam@.

Nothing needs creating in advance. An address starts working the first time mail arrives.

One person runs the account. Everyone else just receives mail.

One household's aliases for shopping, streaming and school on a single domain

Route each alias to the right person

Add each family member's inbox as a forwarding address. They confirm it once from their own inbox. Then point every alias at whoever needs it:

school@ to the parent who handles school.
roblox-sam@ to a parent, while Sam is young.
energy@ to a shared household inbox, if both adults need the bills.

Each alias goes to one inbox. For mail two people need, use an inbox you share.

Children's signups

Children sign up for games and apps with weak data practices. Routing those aliases to a parent isn't about reading their mail. It's about noticing when an address starts attracting junk, and which app leaked it.

Because the domain is yours, a child can take over their own addresses later without changing a single account.

A new alias for a game appearing in the family's alias list the moment its first email arrived

Two household rules

Never disable a shared alias on your own. Switch off energy@ over marketing and the next disconnection notice bounces.
Keep the domain registrar and this account on a real address that more than one adult can reach. Turn on auto-renew. A lapsed family domain takes every household address with it.

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Common questions

Can one alias forward to two people?: No. Each alias forwards to one inbox. For mail both adults need, such as utility bills, route the alias to an inbox you share, or have one person forward the occasional message on.
Does each family member need their own account?: No. One person runs the account and adds each family member's inbox as a forwarding address. Each person confirms their address once from their own inbox, and then any alias can be routed to them.