Thanks that makes sense. I'm still not 100% sure on the alias's. If I find out more info I will report back here.

Teresa

: Teresa,
: Well, you guessed right. The reason you can see your email address
: is because you are logged in as you. Just as other peoples'
: email addresses are not completely visible to you, your address
: is not completely visible to them.

: According to the Yahoo info on aliases, it says aliases "are
: used to mask your Yahoo! ID in places like Yahoo! Messenger and
: Yahoo! Message Boards". That doesn't sound like something
: that is used to mask your ID in email lists.

: If you go to "My Account" you can edit all sorts of
: things about yourself. I don't see an age there, but I have a
: birthday on file, and I'm sure I could blank that out. I think
: you already found this page, though.

: Finally, most of the time when people see your name it's because
: that's how you set up your email. You might want to go into your
: email settings and see if this is something you want to change.
: Unfortunately, if you do, then regular people you send email to
: may not recognize who you are.

: Thanks
: Kitty