Re: Query regarding using aliases
Hi Barry, Success! I've followed your advice, and indeed, my alias appears straight away in the "from" field. In fact, it was immediately chosen when I tried to reply to the subscription acknowledgement message I had tested on yesterday. I had no idea one had to add aliases in in the account info part of the preferences for the particular account. Many thanks, Simon On 30 Jul 2009, at 01:51, Barry Hadder wrote: > > Simon, > > I just added a list of aliases separated by comas in the acount/info > email field and I'm getting them in the "to" list in the new message > pain. HI can't use them of course as I don't have them on the > server. owever, I think it will do it for you if you make sure you > are sinking your email settings. I neglected that before because I > was thinking that it only sync between computers. However, it > occurred to me that it is also syncing with the on-line mail app. > > You would be doing me a small favor if you try it and let me know if > it works as I'm trying this out at the moment. As I stated before, > aliases aren't available to trial members. > Thanks. > > > On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > >> >> Dear Listers, >> >> I've created a new alias under my .me account. I understand from the >> manual that I should from the point of creation of such an alias have >> an option under "from" field to choose which alias appears in the >> field on the recipient computer. When I activate the "from" button, I >> can't see my alias. Should I be able to see it? I thought the idea of >> having an alias means that you can choose a different e-mail address >> so that the main .me address remains hidden from view. Is that right? >> >> Thanks for any clues. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Simon >> >>> > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Query regarding using aliases
Dear Barry, No I haven't done so yet. I shall do it straight away. Thanks. With best, Simon On 29 Jul 2009, at 21:57, Barry Hadder wrote: > > Simon, > > Have you tried putting your alias in to email field of the acount/info > panel? If it is set up on the server, this should enable it to show > up in the list. You just want to separate it from your other address > with a cama. > > On Jul 29, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > >> >> Dear Esther, >> >> Thank you for these steps regarding aliases. I indeed thought that it >> should be the case: i.e. one should be able to vo+arrow to the "from" >> button and there choose the alias one wishes. However, the difficulty >> is that the one I've created doesn't seem to feature. My main .me >> alias is listed but the other ones are not. I've just subscribed to a >> news letter using my alias - for argument's sake - s...@me.com, and I >> have just received a confirmation e-mail from the news letter >> website. >> I tried to reply to it as an exercise but my alias doesn't appear in >> the "from" list. It's strange. >> >> With Best wishes >> >> Simon >> On 27 Jul 2009, at 22:59, Esther wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Simon and Barry, >>> >>> Here's the way I use aliases. You don't need to do anything to sync >>> after you set them up, but you might need to restart mail if you set >>> up your aliases at the MobileMe web site while your mail app is >>> open. The following should work from your Apple mail app. >>> >>> 1. Command-R to reply to a message and type in your response >>> 2. VO-Left arrow to the mail header. Normally this would take you >>> to the "From:" field. You should now have a pop up button that >>> lists the various mail aliases and the associated names. For >>> example, you could have an email address that you use only for >>> mailing lists like simon_c AT me.com and another one for business >>> related correspondence like s_cavendish AT me.com, and these can be >>> separate from your main email account. Dot Mac users who started >>> services can use these with either the mac.com or me.com extensions, >>> but new users can only use me.com. >>> 3. Command-Shift-D to send the message. >>> >>> Barry, I suspect the reason that creating mail aliases is disabled >>> for trial subscriptions is that created aliases cannot be re-used by >>> anyone. So if you create lots of aliases and then discard them, >>> you're taking those names permanently out of circulation for all >>> current and future users. >>> >>> Having aliases is a great way to separate out your activities. >>> MobileMe does a good job of spam filtering (so does Gmail), but if >>> you don't want to give your primary email address when you sign up >>> for a trial software use or in order to download Stuffit Expander >>> from Smith Micro, you can give a mail alias designed for this >>> purpose and set up a smart mailbox to keep these messages separate. >>> >>> HTH. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Query regarding using aliases
Simon, I just added a list of aliases separated by comas in the acount/info email field and I'm getting them in the "to" list in the new message pain. HI can't use them of course as I don't have them on the server. owever, I think it will do it for you if you make sure you are sinking your email settings. I neglected that before because I was thinking that it only sync between computers. However, it occurred to me that it is also syncing with the on-line mail app. You would be doing me a small favor if you try it and let me know if it works as I'm trying this out at the moment. As I stated before, aliases aren't available to trial members. Thanks. On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > Dear Listers, > > I've created a new alias under my .me account. I understand from the > manual that I should from the point of creation of such an alias have > an option under "from" field to choose which alias appears in the > field on the recipient computer. When I activate the "from" button, I > can't see my alias. Should I be able to see it? I thought the idea of > having an alias means that you can choose a different e-mail address > so that the main .me address remains hidden from view. Is that right? > > Thanks for any clues. > > Best wishes > > Simon > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Query regarding using aliases
Simon, Have you tried putting your alias in to email field of the acount/info panel? If it is set up on the server, this should enable it to show up in the list. You just want to separate it from your other address with a cama. On Jul 29, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > Dear Esther, > > Thank you for these steps regarding aliases. I indeed thought that it > should be the case: i.e. one should be able to vo+arrow to the "from" > button and there choose the alias one wishes. However, the difficulty > is that the one I've created doesn't seem to feature. My main .me > alias is listed but the other ones are not. I've just subscribed to a > news letter using my alias - for argument's sake - s...@me.com, and I > have just received a confirmation e-mail from the news letter website. > I tried to reply to it as an exercise but my alias doesn't appear in > the "from" list. It's strange. > > With Best wishes > > Simon > On 27 Jul 2009, at 22:59, Esther wrote: > >> >> Hi Simon and Barry, >> >> Here's the way I use aliases. You don't need to do anything to sync >> after you set them up, but you might need to restart mail if you set >> up your aliases at the MobileMe web site while your mail app is >> open. The following should work from your Apple mail app. >> >> 1. Command-R to reply to a message and type in your response >> 2. VO-Left arrow to the mail header. Normally this would take you >> to the "From:" field. You should now have a pop up button that >> lists the various mail aliases and the associated names. For >> example, you could have an email address that you use only for >> mailing lists like simon_c AT me.com and another one for business >> related correspondence like s_cavendish AT me.com, and these can be >> separate from your main email account. Dot Mac users who started >> services can use these with either the mac.com or me.com extensions, >> but new users can only use me.com. >> 3. Command-Shift-D to send the message. >> >> Barry, I suspect the reason that creating mail aliases is disabled >> for trial subscriptions is that created aliases cannot be re-used by >> anyone. So if you create lots of aliases and then discard them, >> you're taking those names permanently out of circulation for all >> current and future users. >> >> Having aliases is a great way to separate out your activities. >> MobileMe does a good job of spam filtering (so does Gmail), but if >> you don't want to give your primary email address when you sign up >> for a trial software use or in order to download Stuffit Expander >> from Smith Micro, you can give a mail alias designed for this >> purpose and set up a smart mailbox to keep these messages separate. >> >> HTH. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >>> > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Query regarding using aliases
Dear Esther, Thank you for these steps regarding aliases. I indeed thought that it should be the case: i.e. one should be able to vo+arrow to the "from" button and there choose the alias one wishes. However, the difficulty is that the one I've created doesn't seem to feature. My main .me alias is listed but the other ones are not. I've just subscribed to a news letter using my alias - for argument's sake - s...@me.com, and I have just received a confirmation e-mail from the news letter website. I tried to reply to it as an exercise but my alias doesn't appear in the "from" list. It's strange. With Best wishes Simon On 27 Jul 2009, at 22:59, Esther wrote: > > Hi Simon and Barry, > > Here's the way I use aliases. You don't need to do anything to sync > after you set them up, but you might need to restart mail if you set > up your aliases at the MobileMe web site while your mail app is > open. The following should work from your Apple mail app. > > 1. Command-R to reply to a message and type in your response > 2. VO-Left arrow to the mail header. Normally this would take you > to the "From:" field. You should now have a pop up button that > lists the various mail aliases and the associated names. For > example, you could have an email address that you use only for > mailing lists like simon_c AT me.com and another one for business > related correspondence like s_cavendish AT me.com, and these can be > separate from your main email account. Dot Mac users who started > services can use these with either the mac.com or me.com extensions, > but new users can only use me.com. > 3. Command-Shift-D to send the message. > > Barry, I suspect the reason that creating mail aliases is disabled > for trial subscriptions is that created aliases cannot be re-used by > anyone. So if you create lots of aliases and then discard them, > you're taking those names permanently out of circulation for all > current and future users. > > Having aliases is a great way to separate out your activities. > MobileMe does a good job of spam filtering (so does Gmail), but if > you don't want to give your primary email address when you sign up > for a trial software use or in order to download Stuffit Expander > from Smith Micro, you can give a mail alias designed for this > purpose and set up a smart mailbox to keep these messages separate. > > HTH. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Query regarding using aliases
Hi Simon and Barry, Here's the way I use aliases. You don't need to do anything to sync after you set them up, but you might need to restart mail if you set up your aliases at the MobileMe web site while your mail app is open. The following should work from your Apple mail app. 1. Command-R to reply to a message and type in your response 2. VO-Left arrow to the mail header. Normally this would take you to the "From:" field. You should now have a pop up button that lists the various mail aliases and the associated names. For example, you could have an email address that you use only for mailing lists like simon_c AT me.com and another one for business related correspondence like s_cavendish AT me.com, and these can be separate from your main email account. Dot Mac users who started services can use these with either the mac.com or me.com extensions, but new users can only use me.com. 3. Command-Shift-D to send the message. Barry, I suspect the reason that creating mail aliases is disabled for trial subscriptions is that created aliases cannot be re-used by anyone. So if you create lots of aliases and then discard them, you're taking those names permanently out of circulation for all current and future users. Having aliases is a great way to separate out your activities. MobileMe does a good job of spam filtering (so does Gmail), but if you don't want to give your primary email address when you sign up for a trial software use or in order to download Stuffit Expander from Smith Micro, you can give a mail alias designed for this purpose and set up a smart mailbox to keep these messages separate. HTH. Cheers, Esther --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Query regarding using aliases
Everything I've read says that is the way it is supposed to work. It might be that they haven't updated their documentation. I'm sure that doing it the normal way will work in any event. You may all ready know this, but you can just put all of your aliases in a cama separated list in the email address field in the account preferences dialog. It's in the mail help. You might want to check it out incase I got something slightly off, but that is the jist. Maybe that will help. - Original Message - From: "Simon Cavendish" To: Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 4:14 PM Subject: Re: Query regarding using aliases > > Hi Barry, > > I've tried synchronising my .me account but it didn't change the > thing. Thanks for trying on my behalf. Maybe I do not fully understand > the concept of aliases. > > Best wishes > > Simon > On 27 Jul 2009, at 17:31, Barry Hadder wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I just went in to the aliases panel to create one for experimentation, >> but it's not letting me do it sense I'm running the trial. So much >> for a fully functional evaluation. >> >> You might try synchronizing the account from the mailbox menu. Just >> as a side note, I noticed that when I set up my account, it didn't >> automatically set up my email either. >> On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: >> >>> >>> Dear Listers, >>> >>> I've created a new alias under my .me account. I understand from the >>> manual that I should from the point of creation of such an alias have >>> an option under "from" field to choose which alias appears in the >>> field on the recipient computer. When I activate the "from" button, I >>> can't see my alias. Should I be able to see it? I thought the idea of >>> having an alias means that you can choose a different e-mail address >>> so that the main .me address remains hidden from view. Is that right? >>> >>> Thanks for any clues. >>> >>> Best wishes >>> >>> Simon >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Query regarding using aliases
Hi Barry, I've tried synchronising my .me account but it didn't change the thing. Thanks for trying on my behalf. Maybe I do not fully understand the concept of aliases. Best wishes Simon On 27 Jul 2009, at 17:31, Barry Hadder wrote: > > Hi, > > I just went in to the aliases panel to create one for experimentation, > but it's not letting me do it sense I'm running the trial. So much > for a fully functional evaluation. > > You might try synchronizing the account from the mailbox menu. Just > as a side note, I noticed that when I set up my account, it didn't > automatically set up my email either. > On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > >> >> Dear Listers, >> >> I've created a new alias under my .me account. I understand from the >> manual that I should from the point of creation of such an alias have >> an option under "from" field to choose which alias appears in the >> field on the recipient computer. When I activate the "from" button, I >> can't see my alias. Should I be able to see it? I thought the idea of >> having an alias means that you can choose a different e-mail address >> so that the main .me address remains hidden from view. Is that right? >> >> Thanks for any clues. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Simon >> >>> > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Query regarding using aliases
Hi, I just went in to the aliases panel to create one for experimentation, but it's not letting me do it sense I'm running the trial. So much for a fully functional evaluation. You might try synchronizing the account from the mailbox menu. Just as a side note, I noticed that when I set up my account, it didn't automatically set up my email either. On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > Dear Listers, > > I've created a new alias under my .me account. I understand from the > manual that I should from the point of creation of such an alias have > an option under "from" field to choose which alias appears in the > field on the recipient computer. When I activate the "from" button, I > can't see my alias. Should I be able to see it? I thought the idea of > having an alias means that you can choose a different e-mail address > so that the main .me address remains hidden from view. Is that right? > > Thanks for any clues. > > Best wishes > > Simon > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Query regarding using aliases
Dear Listers, I've created a new alias under my .me account. I understand from the manual that I should from the point of creation of such an alias have an option under "from" field to choose which alias appears in the field on the recipient computer. When I activate the "from" button, I can't see my alias. Should I be able to see it? I thought the idea of having an alias means that you can choose a different e-mail address so that the main .me address remains hidden from view. Is that right? Thanks for any clues. Best wishes Simon --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
