Microsoft now makes it easy to generate disposable emails for Exchange users. In this way they can avoid having to give their personal e-mail, thus reducing the risk of receiving Spam or suffering any type of attack. We already know that it is an interesting option and that many users take into account when registering for services and platforms online.
What are disposable emails
When we talk about disposable emails we refer to those that we can use only once, receive a specific email or register on a platform, and not use it again. They are widely used by users when they do not want to receive Spam or compromise their personal address in any way.
For example, let’s say we want to register on a page and we have to receive a code to activate the account. We are not really interested in that page, we are not going to go back in more than that time and we want to avoid flooding the inbox . These disposable emails serve precisely this purpose.
Now Microsoft allows creating them for Office 365 users. They can use unlimited disposable recipient email addresses after the Plus Addressing feature is implemented for all Exchange Online users.
This function consists of adding the “+” symbol and then writing any text. Generate a custom additional address. In addition, the number is infinite, since users can create as many addresses as they want.
Note that this feature was highly requested by administrators using Exchange . It’s a feature that was already available from other email providers and now, finally, from Microsoft as well.
What can we achieve with these additional directions
An address of this type looks like this: mail + test @ … This means that we can create specific rules for that e-mail “mail + test”. We can make all the emails received through that address go to a specific folder or even go to the Spam tray.
At the company level it is very useful as it can be used to filter incoming emails and keep track of marketing or sales campaigns. It is very common for many users to want certain emails they receive to go to a specific folder.
It provides greater organization for the emails we receive, as well as being able to create infinite addresses for all the needs we have.
Ultimately, Microsoft thus joins other providers such as Gmail that already allowed the use of the “+” symbol to create infinite and disposable addresses. Now Office 365 users will be able to use it too.
Maintaining email security , avoiding Spam and possible problems when using this type of service, is very important. Precisely hackers constantly use this means to try to infect victims and thus achieve their objectives. It is essential that we take action and not make mistakes that could affect us. We leave you an article with interesting tips to protect your email account.
