Master Mail Concepts - Take Control of Apple Mail (1.0) - page 22

sent to [e-mail] is actually delivered to [e-mail] . (If you came
to iCloud from a MobileMe or Mac.com account, you may also have iCloud addresses in the
me.com or mac.com domains.)
Strangely, you can't add, remove, or edit aliases from within Mail—this task has to be done
on the iCloud Web site, but at least Mail offers you a shortcut to get there. In Mail > Prefer-
ences > Accounts > iCloud > Account Information, choose Edit Aliases from the Alias pop-up
menu to open your iCloud Mail preferences in a Web browser. Enter your iCloud credentials
if prompted to do so, make any desired changes to your aliases, and then click Done. (The
Custom option on this menu does not appear to serve a useful function.)
With your alias(es) set up on the iCloud site, they appear automatically in Mail. To determine
which email address Mail uses by default for your iCloud account, go back to the Alias pop-
up menu just mentioned and choose which one you want. You can always override this for
an individual message by choosing a different address from the From pop-up menu in the
header portion of the New Message window.
Configure Alternative From Addresses
Many email providers let you have several email addresses in the same domain, all of which
deliver email to the same account; these extra addresses are called aliases. In addition, some
providers (including Gmail) let you send mail from addresses that are associated with other
accounts, after verifying that you're authorized to do so. (Some email providers reject outgo-
ing messages whose From address doesn't match your account credentials unless you've spe-
cially authorized it.) You can configure Mail with these aliases or extra addresses so they're
available to choose when you compose a new message (see Addressing ) .
Tip: To set up extra From addresses in Gmail, log in to your account on the Gmail
Web site and go to Settings > Accounts > Send Mail As.
iCloud aliases appear automatically (see Use iCloud Aliases ). For other accounts, go to Mail
> Preferences > Accounts > Account Name > Account Information and enter the aliases or
other authorized From addresses in the Email Address field, separated by commas, as in:
[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail]
Each of these addresses then appears in the From pop-up menu in the New Message window.
Decoding the Mail Sidebar
The sidebar in the Mavericks version of Mail displays all your mailboxes, including local
mailboxes (stored only on your Mac) and server mailboxes (stored on an IMAP or Exchange