Replying Anonymously with Your Alias

SecureAlias allows you to reply to emails sent to your aliases without revealing your real email address. Here's how it works and how to ensure the best privacy.

How Reply Masking Works

The Process

When you receive an email forwarded through SecureAlias (e.g., sent to your.alias@alias.secureinseconds.com), the Reply-To header is specially set by our system.

When you hit "Reply" in your email client, your reply is initially sent back to SecureAlias.

Our system then verifies your reply and relays it to the original sender. Crucially, we change the From address to be your alias address (your.alias@alias.secureinseconds.com).

Result: The original sender receives your reply appearing to come directly from your alias, keeping your actual inbox address private.

Understanding Quoted History

Why Addresses Appear in Quotes

When you reply, your email client (like Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail) often automatically includes previous messages in the thread as quoted text. These quotes might look like:

"On [Date], [Name] <email@address.com> wrote:"
> Previous message text...

This quoted text is generated by your email client, based on the headers and content of the email it received.

What SecureAlias Does (and Doesn't Do)

SecureAlias relays your reply including this quoted text exactly as your client sends it.

Important: While we mask your From address on the reply, we do not automatically edit or remove email addresses within this quoted history. Doing so is technically complex and risks breaking email formatting.

Maximizing Privacy When Replying

If you want to ensure that no previous email addresses are visible in the quoted history, follow these steps:

Steps for Manual Editing

  1. Compose your reply as usual in your email client.
  2. Before sending: Carefully review the quoted text section (usually below your new message).
  3. Manually delete or edit any lines containing email addresses you wish to hide.
  4. Send your reply.

Alternative: Start a New Thread

For highly sensitive conversations where complete history scrubbing is vital, consider starting a completelynew email thread to the recipient using your alias, rather than replying within the existing conversation.

Need more help? Contact support at securealias@alias.secureinseconds.com