Here is Wikipedia's explanation of an email alias.

Want more info on email forwarding in general? Here you go.

The quick & dirty: an email alias is a forwarding email address. It is not an email account or mailbox on it's own. It does not receive email – it simply passes thrrough emails received at its address onto a different email address.

Here are some links, for your convenience.

Setting up MacMail

Setting up Outlook

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