Multiple identities per e-mail account: Difference between revisions
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Now, you can select any of the identities when replying to mail or composing a new message. If desired, you can also create a unique [[Thunderbird : FAQs : Signatures|signature]] for each identity. | Now, you can select any of the identities when replying to mail or composing a new message. If desired, you can also create a unique [[Thunderbird : FAQs : Signatures|signature]] for each identity. | ||
==Exceptions== | |||
The Gmail SMTP server ignores whatever From: address you supply and uses the email address of your Gmail account. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/identities.html The old way to add multiple identities by editing prefs.js] | * [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/identities.html The old way to add multiple identities by editing prefs.js] |
Revision as of 20:26, 21 September 2005
You can tell Thunderbird to use more than one identity per mail account. This would be the case where you have a catch-all account for a domain or forward messages from another e-mail address. The instructions below assume that you have Thunderbird 0.7 or higher.
- Go to "Tools -> Account Settings".
- Choose the account to which you wish to add additional identities.
- Click the "Manage Identities" button (on the lower right).
- Click the "Add" button and then add the necessary information for the additional identity for the account.
- Repeat as necessary for additional identities.
Now, you can select any of the identities when replying to mail or composing a new message. If desired, you can also create a unique signature for each identity.
Exceptions
The Gmail SMTP server ignores whatever From: address you supply and uses the email address of your Gmail account.