It's all very well using dots or plus-addressing with a Gmail address but what if the From address is not Gmail?
-- Marko > On 30 Sep 2013, at 22:25, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> 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. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
