An alternate address is essentially an alias for the user's primary address.
You can use this feature, for example, to ensure proper delivery of
frequently misspelled addresses (e.g., "Smith" as an alias for "Smythe"), or
for host name hiding in outgoing mail headers. You can specify any
number of alternate addresses for a particular user, as long as each address
is unique. Messages arriving for any of these aliases are directed to the
primary address.