Multiple identities per e-mail account

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.

1. Go to "Tools -> Account Settings".
2. Choose the account to which you wish to add additional identities.
3. Click the "Manage Identities" button (on the lower right).
4. Click the "Add" button and then add the necessary information for the additional identity for the account.
5. 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 will ignore whatever From: address you supply unless you add it in the Gmail web page at Setting -> Accounts -> "Add another email address".

See Also

Multiple SMTP servers (Thunderbird)

External links

• The old way to add multiple identities by editing prefs.js
• Identity Reminder extension This extension might be usefull if you're worried that you will accidentally reply using the wrong email address.