# Real emails addresses vs virtual ones **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [August 11, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/real-emails-addresses-vs-virtual-ones/46474 "2022-08-11T08:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ovi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@Ovi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ovi)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/real-emails-addresses-vs-virtual-ones/46474/1 "2022-08-11T08:47:58Z")
Hi, If I set an app to virtual email addresses : 1. will I have an option to download the user’s real emails at one point for email marketing etc if I have the user’s consent for those actions ? 2. Will I be able to send the real emails to another service thru Zapier or Make ? 3. If I create a form that sends an email to the user’s email address, will the virtual one be used or the real one ? I understand the benefit of this virtual email address and I want to use it, but I would like to know the limitations it has for those particular scenarios. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/real-emails-addresses-vs-virtual-ones/46474/2 "2022-08-11T23:42:00Z")
> [@Ovi](#): > > will I have an option to download the user’s real emails at one point for email marketing etc if I have the user’s consent for those actions ? No, because you will never see that real email, unless you ask the user to type that in themselves in another field. > [@Ovi](#): > > Will I be able to send the real emails to another service thru Zapier or Make ? As you never see the real email, then no. > [@Ovi](#): > > If I create a form that sends an email to the user’s email address, will the virtual one be used or the real one ? You don’t see the real email, so I assume that’s the virtual one, and I doubt that works. ---
**Author:** ![Ovi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@Ovi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ovi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/real-emails-addresses-vs-virtual-ones/46474/3 "2022-08-12T09:34:29Z")
@ThinhDinh thanks for the detailed response … Now I know what to do …real email addresses :)) … but I really don’t see the point for the virtual emails option … maybe just for people that want to create apps for the wrong reasons … if this option would be like a security option to hide them on the database and be able to use them later in those scenarios, that would be a great way to do it … otherwise , for someone who wants to create an app for the long term with a good marketing plan in place etc… there isn’t any value in that option. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/real-emails-addresses-vs-virtual-ones/46474/4 "2022-08-12T09:43:48Z")
> [@Ovi](#): > > but I really don’t see the point for the virtual emails option … maybe just for people that want to create apps for the wrong reasons I wouldn’t see that as a “choice” to build, more like a stage that you have to comply with when you haven’t upgraded to Pro. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/real-emails-addresses-vs-virtual-ones/46474/5 "2022-08-13T09:44:05Z")
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