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From: Justin C on 5 Jul 2010 06:49 On 2010-07-02, David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > Justin C <justin.1007(a)purestblue.com> wrote: > >> I own my own domain name, and to avoid excessive spam every service or >> site that I register with gets a unique email address(a)my_domain. Any >> domains that then either mail me spam or pass my address on to spammers >> can be identified and the problem remedied. There is, however, a >> problematic side-effect to this. I have subscribed to a mailing list but >> cannot post to that mailing list because the address sending the message >> is my 'real' email address, and not the unique one (maybe a bit more >> explanation is needed: I run a Linux mail server (exim) that machine >> knows the list of permitted addresses at my domain and it knows to whom >> each should be forwarded, so mail arrives in my one mailbox even though >> it may have been sent to any one of about fifty different >> names(a)my_domain). So when I post a message to the mailing list it's >> originating email address is not that of a list subscriber and therefore >> the message bounces. >> >> To get around the above problem I have tried creating an account for the >> relevant name(a)my_domain, but mail requires an account that it can check >> for mail, even if I disable checking mail automatically. This means I've >> got the error symbol next to my inbox. > > There is a hidden trick in Mail: in the account settings for a SINGLE > account, you can list multiple e-mail addresses separated by commas. It > is mentioned in the help for the Email Address field. > > You can then pick which address to use when you compose a message, and > by default the matching address will be used when replying to a message > (if possible). That's excellent. Thank you for that, works exactly as you describe. Thank you also to others who responded. Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea. |