When I send in email from Outlook.com it sends my real name with it. So whenever I send an email, it shows up as "[first name] [last name] [subject]", however there are cases where I only want it to show up as "[email address] [subject]". I know Gmail has this feature. Is there any way to do this in Outlook.com?
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Does Hotmail or Outlook.com have a similar feature?
Yes, Outlook.com has that feature as of this week.
If yes, how does it work?
This blog article explains how it works. It works the same as with Gmail.
Example
Say your email address is myname@outlook.com.
You can add something with a plus + sign.
So, sending an email to myname+mailinglist_topic_x@outlook.com will still be delivered to myname@outlook.com.
Then you can create a rule with, for example, the filter To-line contains myname+mailinglist_topic_x@outlook.com and redirect those emails to another folder.
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From comments:
I don't think this is a feature of Outlook.com yet. You could always set up another account and link them. To manage linked accounts, or to link a new account, visit account.live.com/ManageLinks
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Best Answer
You can't. This is because Outlook.com is using Exchange Server as a backend. It will always set your Outlook.com account's name in From. So, you either need to edit your account's name and replace First/Last name with your email address only. Or add email alias with another email address.