Mail alias or forward

[tom123]

What's the difference? Why not use only mail forwarders?
They are more flexible

[till]

Ys, thats the difference. The target of an alias can only be a address on the same server while a forwarder can be used for external addresses as well.

[tom123]

So, why not use only forwards?
They archieve the same thing but forwarder are more flexible.

[till]

Some providers use different limits for forards then for aliases in their hosting plans.