On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:33 AM, Chrysanthemum Hyphus 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> Is there any way to edit the name associated with an email address in the
>> from field?
>> ...
>>
>
>> Right now it looks like I have to change it in the Account settings every
>> time I want to edit this field, and then change it back.
>> ...
>>
>
>
> Actually there is a way to have more than one personal name with the
> "same" email address.
>
> Gmail doesn't care about periods within the account name portion of your
> address.  You can randomly add or remove periods and they all point to the
> same Gmail account.  Go to Settings > Accounts and click on "Add another
> email address you own".  For the email address, enter your own address but
> with an extra period somewhere.  Gmail accepts the new address, even though
> it is really yours.  It probably "shouldn't" work (Gmail should recognize
> that it's yours), but for now it does work.
>
> Andy
>
>
Or use plus addressing and send emails from the old name using <
[email protected]> or something like that for those who aren't
used to the new name yet.

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