# Per-user alias address

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Warning

- This document is applicable to iRedMail-0.9.6 and earlier releases.
- Here's doc for iRedMail-0.9.7 and later releases.

Since iRedMail-0.9.3, we have per-user alias address support, that means mail user `john.smith@domain.com` can have additional email addresses like `john@domain.com`, `js@domain.com` and more, all emails sent to these addresses will be delivered to same mailbox (`john.smith@domain.com`). With per-user alias address support, you don't need to create separated mail alias accounts anymore.

## Manage per-user alias addresses with iRedAdmin-Pro

You can manage per-user alias addresses with iRedAdmin-Pro in user profile page, under tab "Aliases".

## SQL backend: Manage per-user alias addresses with SQL command line

Add additional email addresses `sales@domain.com`, `bill@domain.com` for existing user `john@domain.com`:

    sql> USE vmail;

    sql> INSERT INTO alias (address, goto, alias_to, is_alias, domain)
                    VALUES ('sales@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 1, 'domain.com');

    sql> INSERT INTO alias (address, goto, alias_to, is_alias, domain)
                    VALUES ('bill@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 1, 'domain.com');

- Account `sales@domain.com` and `bill@domain.com` are NOT existing mail user accounts.
- Values of column `alias.goto` and `alias.alias_to` must be the same -- email address of the existing mail user.
- In above sample, `bill@domain.com` could be an email address which belongs to your alias domain.
- You're free to add as many additional email addresses as you want.

## LDAP backend: Manage per-user alias addresses

For LDAP backend, per-user alias addresses are stored in LDAP attribute `shadowAddress` of user object, and attribute/value pair `enabledService=shadowaddress` is required. For example:

    dn: mail=john@domain.com,ou=Users,domainName=domain.com,o=domains,dc=xxx,dc=xxx
    enabledService: shadowaddress
    shadowAddress: sales@domain.com
    shadowAddress: bill@domain.com
    ...