Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Note
:
This procedure works with most POP and IMAP accounts, including Gmail (but
only
when you
Set Up Gmail as a Regular IMAP Account
)
. It doesn't work with Exchange, Yahoo,
or iCloud accounts—although it's not needed for iCloud aliases, which appear in the list auto-
matically (and which you can disable as From addresses if you prefer). I cover those just
ahead in
Use iCloud Aliases in iOS 7
.
To add extra From addresses or to set the default From address for a given account, follow
these steps, which are thankfully much simpler than in iOS 6 and earlier:
1. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
2. Tap the name of the account in question (if it's an IMAP account, next tap Ac-
count).
3. Tap the Email field under IMAP Account Information or POP Account Informa-
tion—
not
the User Name field under Incoming Mail Server.
4. Tap Add Another Email, type the next address, and tap Return. Repeat if you
want to add more addresses.
5. To select a default From address for this account, tap it; the default address dis-
plays a checkmark.
6. Tap Account at the top of the screen to save your settings.
Now open Mail and try the procedure I described near the beginning of this topic; you should
see your new address(es) in the From selector.
Note:
For Gmail accounts, you must also authorize the extra addresses on the Gmail
Web site; see
External Addresses in Gmail
.
Use iCloud Aliases in iOS 7
Speaking of multiple From addresses, iCloud offers its own take on these, in the form of ali-
ases (refer back to
Use iCloud Aliases
for setup instructions). On the iCloud Web site, you can
configure up to three additional
@icloud.com
addresses that deliver email to your iCloud
Inbox. Mail in iOS 7 automatically makes these aliases available to you, and you can choose
one of them for any outgoing message the same way you choose any other From address.
However, one thing iOS 7 Mail can do that Mavericks Mail can't is to disable any aliases that
you want to omit from the menu as potential From addresses. To do this, go to Settings >
Mail, Contacts, Calendars >
iCloud Account Name
> Account > Mail and turn off the switch
