Alias account as Second user?

I have my wife set up as another user on our MacBook. Is there a way to have the Mail be only her alias account of our Dot Mac account? I am the primary user on the DotMac account, and I have my Mail in my Account on the laptop. When I try to set up her alias account in Mail, I am unable to do that. I can only set up my mail account. I don't suppose there is a way to keep our mail separate, each account on the computer opening our respective Mail accounts? Or, since we have only one DotMac subscription, and her address is an alias of mine, then we can only open my mail on either computer account? Sorry if this is jumbled. Thanks?

You can purchase an email only account to add to your dotmac for $10 a year. Log into dotmac, click on Account, click on buy more, and you should be able to do it from there. Aliases stay with the member name they are created under.

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