Title: Create email alias for user/subscriber
Last modified: December 28, 2016

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# Create email alias for user/subscriber

 *  [ecn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecn/)
 * (@ecn)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-email-alias-for-usersubscriber/)
 * I would like to programmatically or automatically create an email alias for a
   new user and display it in that user’s account somewhere so he/she can use it.
   It could be based on username or preferably user ID, for example: `42@site.com`,
   as an alias or relay email (not two way, just for the initial contact). This 
   would be used for a networking site. So, not only could users be contacted via
   the contact form on their specifically assigned profile page or post, but could
   also be reached via email relay without revealing own email address. Any idea
   how this can be accomplished? Creating the email address via the host would be
   manual and not feasible in high volume. Can’t find a plugin that addresses anything
   similar. I know some have tried to address it in creating a type of Craigslist
   clone but it does seem to be a tough one. Again, I don’t need it to be a back
   and forth. The user can decide whether or not to respond to the sender, thereby
   revealing the personal email address. I only need it to be a relay or alias. 
   Bonus if it can do the back and forth, like Craigslist, but not essential. Any
   idea how I can make this happen or someone that could build it?

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 *  [montrealist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spectrus/)
 * (@spectrus)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-email-alias-for-usersubscriber/#post-8598119)
 * That sounds more like something outside of WordPress – it’s “email setup on server”
   type stuff. You could probably automate it somehow so that a WordPress plugin
   would trigger a creation of an e-mail alias, but ultimately it’s something that
   happens at server configuration level.

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 * [alias](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/alias/)
 * [email](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/email/)
 * [relay](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/relay/)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-email-alias-for-usersubscriber/#post-8598119)
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