Hey Andrew, The "start new conversations from" setting for iMessages determines the ID that will be shown when you start a new conversation with someone. If you select your phone number, it'll look a lot like traditional texting where your mobile number will show up (and in fact, you'll have the option of falling back to traditional text messaging if the iMessage server isn't reachable). If you select your Email address, people won't see your mobile number. Yes, only one of these can be selected, likewise for the caller ID setting for Facetime calls. One advantage of selecting your Email address as the default ID for Facetime and iMessaging is, as you've noted, the fact that messages will reach you even when you're traveling and are using a different phone number. A disadvantage, for iMessaging at least, is that there's no fallback to traditional text messaging if you happen to be without data for a while, or the iMessaging server isn't reachable.
Note that people can reach you using your current phone number and any of the Email addresses you've associated with Facetime and iMessaging. You don't have to just pick one! This is only the ID that will be used for new conversations that you start. Grant On 5/10/13, Andrew Head <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I was just looking through the iMessage and face time settings. I see under > IMessage, under the you can be reached by heading, both my phone number and > email are selected. However, under the star new conversations from heading, > only my phone number is selected. When I change to select my email, my > number is no longer selected. Just wondering, can I have both selected > under > the start new conversations from heading and if so how? > Also, when I go overseas I won't have my Australian number on the iphone 4 > so can I set up my email only on that for IMessage and keep the current > IMessage settings the same on the iphone 5? > > Same questions apply to face time, but another question regarding face time > is: > Caller id, can I have both email and phone number selected or can I set up > my caller id as my email only on another device? I assume this is the id > that shows up when I call someone? > Thanks for all your help, > Hope everyone has a good day, > Andrew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
