MobileMe Mail Help

Creating an alias

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You can create up to five email aliases to help prevent unwanted messages from being sent to your primary MobileMe Mail account or for use with online groups and chat websites. For example, you might want to share your main MobileMe Mail address with friends and family only and use email aliases for online registrations, purchasing products, joining mailing lists, and so on. This helps you better manage the email you receive and makes it easier to monitor the sources of unwanted messages. You can even send email using an email alias.

To create an email alias:

  1. In MobileMe Mail on the web, choose Preferences from the Action pop-up menu in the toolbar at the top of the window.

    2. Image of Action pop-up menu button

  2. Click Aliases at the top of the preferences pane, and then click the Create Alias button.

    If you already have an alias, click the Add New Alias button. You can maintain up to five aliases at a time.

    3. Image of the Aliases button at the top of the preferences pane.

  3. Enter an email alias and a name, which will appear in the “From” field of the recipient’s email, in the text fields provided.

  4. Choose a color for messages received by the alias.

    Email sent to an alias appears in your MobileMe Mail inbox on the web in the color you choose.

  5. Click Create.

    By default, an alias is active when it is created. To deactivate an alias, deselect the Active checkbox next to it. When an alias is turned off, all email messages addressed to that alias are returned to the sender.

  6. Click Save.

When you’re ready to send an email, you can use the Account pop-up menu in the message header to choose the alias you want it sent from. For more information about using aliases, see Related Topics below.

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