Recent changes to User Email Alias

User Email Alias modified by Dave Brondsema

Dave Brondsema — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:28:38 -0000

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 #User Mail Aliases
-To aid in communications between developers, and between projects and their users, each registered user on SourceForge.net is provided a mail alias. Any email sent to a user's mail alias is automatically passed to the email address that is on file for a that account.
+Historically, each registered user on SourceForge.net is provided a mail alias to aid in communications between developers, and between projects and their users. Any email sent to a user's mail alias is automatically passed to the email address that is on file for a that account.  This feature is discouraged and no longer available to new accounts.

 #Features
 * Mail aliases take the form: username@users.sourceforge.net
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 * Mail sent to your mail alias is silently forwarded to the private email address associated with your account. [Are these emails bouncing?](User Mail Problems)
 * These mails are accessed through your normal mailbox. SourceForge.net does not store your mail for retrieval or provide POP/IMAP services.
 * Many developers choose to have their mailing list subscriptions and other project-related mail go to their mail alias so they need only update the email address on their SourceForge.net user account if their email address changes.
-* Your account's email address may be changed from the Account Maintenance page. Email address changes take effect once per minute.
+* Your account's email address may be changed from the Account Settings page. Email address changes take effect once per minute.
 * Mail aliases are removed when a user account is removed.

 #Mail Alias Behavior
-Users can set how they want their SourceForge.net mail alias to behave. This setting is found on the [Account page](https://sourceforge.net/auth/preferences/).
+Users with the mail alias set to "accept all" can set how they want their SourceForge.net mail alias to behave.  This option is no longer available if your account was not using the "accept all" setting already, or was found to have bounced emails.  This setting is found on the [Account Settings page](https://sourceforge.net/auth/preferences/).

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User Email Alias modified by Dave Brondsema

Dave Brondsema — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 07:09:21 -0000

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 * Mail aliases are removed when a user account is removed.

 #Mail Alias Behavior
-Users can set how they want their SourceForge.net mail alias to behave. This setting is found on the [Account page](https://sourceforge.net/account/).
+Users can set how they want their SourceForge.net mail alias to behave. This setting is found on the [Account page](https://sourceforge.net/auth/preferences/).

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WikiPage User Email Alias modified by

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 #User Mail Aliases
 To aid in communications between developers, and between projects and their users, each registered user on SourceForge.net is provided a mail alias. Any email sent to a user's mail alias is automatically passed to the email address that is on file for a that account.

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Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:21:19 -0000

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 #User Mail Aliases
 To aid in communications between developers, and between projects and their users, each registered user on SourceForge.net is provided a mail alias. Any email sent to a user's mail alias is automatically passed to the email address that is on file for a that account.