Hmmmm, I have no idea what a gmail alias is in gmail? I've never heard of this. I wonder if you can go to the gmail website and make sure your name is how you prefer it. I really have no idea. Good Luck. Sent from Christina's iMac :)
On Aug 11, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > Your instructions were perfect! This was very easy to do. > > Do you know anything about aliases with Gmail? I'm having trouble getting > emails to be sent out with my real name because they come across as spam > because the sender doesn't match the heading. I think there's something I > need to do with Gmail and aliases, but I'm not sure what that is. > Again, thanks for the help with trash folder. > Bill > On Aug 10, 2012, at 3:37 PM, "Christina C." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok, it's been a bit since I've done this so my instructions may not be >> exact. Also, I did this on snow leopard so I hope my instructions are not >> outdated. I'm assuming you are using gmail imap in apple mail. So, in >> apple mail go to the gmail trash folder in the mailboxes sidebar. Make sure >> it's selected. Then go up to the main menu bar with VO plus M. Then go to >> the mail box menu and go to use this mailbox for. This menu has a submenu >> and in there choose trash. After you do this, the gmail trash should >> disappear from the mailboxes sidebar. This should do what you want. Now >> when apple mail puts something in trash it should appear in gmails trash >> folder on the web page. That is of course if you have certain preferences >> in gmail and in apple mail set up to your preferences. I don't know if you >> prefer the trash and delete method or the archive method. Good Luck. >> >> There is a great article in tidbits but I can't find it right now. You may >> understand his instructions better. I have it bookmarked on another >> computer. I highly suggest you find this article. It's written by the same >> guy who writes the take control books. >> >> Oh, and I'm not very tech savvy so hopefully this is the correct >> instructions. I just know this worked for me. >> Sent from Christina's iMac :) >> >> On Aug 10, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Bill Holton wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> Is there anyway to tell mail to move deleted messages to the Gmail trash >>> folder instead of males own trash folder? I like to keep my deleted >>> messages in my trash folder from Gmail so that I can access them if I need >>> them from another computer, I can't when they're put in males trash folder. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
