Hi Kawal, I think you may just not have seen this because your Apple Id was always required for iMessage to work just as it is required for Facetime to work. iMessages are sent through Apple's servers and your Apple Id is necessary for them to be routed correctly. This has nothing to do with you adding an email address, you could have an email different from your Apple Id added which means somebody with an iPod Touch or an iPad which does not have a phone number can send you an iMessage to your email address, but still you always do have to have your Apple Id entered and this has been the case from day 1 when iMessage became available as a new iOS 5 feature.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 12:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Email address in iMessage My phone number is selected here, in the receive, and next to that my Icloud ID which is [email protected]. It looks as if you have to have that ID in there even though it's not sending from that from my I phone, or the I Messaging isn't going to work. Before, when I messaging started out, all there was, was my Mobile number and it didn't matter if my present Icloud ID (My e-mail which I use) was in there or not. Thank you Sieghard for looking in to this. Kawal. On 13 Oct 2012, at 19:29, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kawal, > > Well, this one is beyond me. If I go to the Messages app and start a > text message for example to one of my employees who has an iPhone as > well, the message automatically goes as an iMessage. > > I just had a look at the Messages settings and if you go into where it > says "Send and Receive, 2 addresses" button you do have various > options. By the way, I just used "2 addresses" as an example, if you > had your mobile number and 1 email address associated iwith iMessages, it would say "2 addresses". > > Anyhow, in this area you do have a heading "Start new conversations from" > and here my mobile number along with the email addresses I have > associated are listed. In my case my mobile number says "selected" and > I assume that I could select one of my email addresses and then it > would show as the default "from" address. Maybe check to see if your mobile number is selected here. > > > Good luck, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu > Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 9:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Email address in iMessage > > Hello Sieghard. > > I too like sending I messages to people who have I messaging capability. > > What I'm trying to say is, if I send I messages using my I phone > without associating an e-mail address, so I use my mobile number to > send rather than my Mac, I am unable to send as I messages and so the > normal text messaging will be used. If I want to send an I message > using my phone, I have to associate let's say my e-mail that I'm sending from. > > Before, when using IOS5 when I message started, I could send I > messages to people without having to associate my e-mail address (this > was always done using my mobile). The Mac did not even have I > messaging capability. So what has gone wrong here, I don't know. All > I want to do is sending I messages using my I phone using my mobile > number but I don't want to associate an e-mail address with it i.e. my > present e-mail address. I hope all this makes sense. > > Kawal. > On 13 Oct 2012, at 17:27, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Kawal, >> >> iMessage requires your Apple Id to work, but you don't have to add >> any email addresses which means iMessages are only delivered to your >> mobile number. As far as I know nobody can send an iMessage to the >> email that is your Apple Id unless you add that email in "Settings" > "Messages". >> >> I am not sure what you mean exactly by the sentence in your message: >> >> "What it is, I want to not associate an e-mail address with I message >> but when I do that, any messages I wish to send to an I message user, >> they will send at normal Text MS message even though I message is on." >> >> You say you don't want to associate an email with iMessage, but you >> also say "when I do that" which I understand "but when I do associate >> an email with iMessage". >> >> As far as receiving messages, any messages sent by somebody who uses >> iOS 5 or 6 and who has iMessage enabled will be send/received as an >> iMessage whether they send it to your mobile phone number or an email >> which you associated with iMessage. As I said, I am a bit unclear >> what exactly you mean so maybe you can explain further. I personally >> like to send/receive iMessages if it's possible because even though I >> have an unlimited texting plan iMessages have advantages, e.g. the >> 160 character limit does not apply, you know when my message was >> received and > I can see if somebody is replying. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu >> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 9:07 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Email address in iMessage >> >> Hello. >> >> I have a similar problem though it's on the phone. I am going to >> copy this to the I phone list just in case any one can help there too. >> >> What it is, I want to not associate an e-mail address with I message >> but when I do that, any messages I wish to send to an I message user, >> they will send at normal Text MS message even though I message is on. >> This did not happen in IOS5, and it didn't matter if you had an >> e-mail or not. So why is this happening. Have others done this? If >> I want I message, I have to associate an e-mail address to do so. >> >> Hope some one can help. >> >> Kawal. >> On 13 Oct 2012, at 14:53, Jeff Berwick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I added a new email address in the account tab of iMessage >>> preferences. I >> think it may consider this the default account now, which is not what >> I want. Is there a way to reorder or delete this? 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