Different “Reply To” email address

Is it possible to set a “Reply To” attribute in Mail on the iPad?

chicodaman wrote:

I was struggling with this and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't work. Finally I got it. For others who might have the same issue:

eBoof also posted the same suggestion 9 monhs ago.

As to your p.s., I agree.

If people would simply answer the question as asked, rather than posting a reply that the OP specifically stated they did not want, things would be much clearer to all.

I created a Apple ID for my spouse every I can't it was hack recently and Apple locked and and when trying to unlock it we can't because we don't remember some of the answers for the security questions please to advice on what to do

Hi Ensworthrose. Please post this as a new question in the forum at this link: Using Apple Support Communities.

D. Pick the desired address and it will be used in the From field of the message.

There are only two major reasons for having and using a Reply to: header — either a) your provider doesn't allow out-of-network addresses to be used on outgoing messages, à la MobileMe and others, or b) you're trying to set up or maintain some threading theme on a particular subject.

It's my own list of what I personally consider to be the only major reasons.

Actually, this can be done just as the OP required. But, you can only do it when you first set up the account.

In the set up dialog box, first put in your reply to address e.g. Fred@replyto.com and your password. Then in the next dialog put in your actual pop/imap username and password to receive mail.

Note you can't ever do this again. The first dialog sets up your reply to address. The second one sets up receiving and sending mail.

Good luck and Cheers from down under.

I was struggling with this and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't work. Finally I got it. For others who might have the same issue:

The above advice doesn't say it explicitly but when setting up the new account, you must select account type as "Other", not one of the alternatives such as "Gmail" (as I was incorrectly doing).

Then on the first screen, enter the address and password of the account you want as the "reply to:" address. On the next screen, enter the account data for the incoming and outgoing servers. For the incoming server, use the account data of the account you want to receive on the iPad (which in my case was indeed a Gmail account, using mail.gmail.com as the server). For the outgoing server, you must use the actual SMTP server of the account address that you want to have as the "reply to:" address (in my case, smtp.gmail.com).

For example, my incoming account is a gmail account using the "mail.gmail.com" server with the appropriate account id and password. My outgoing account uses my company's smtp server ("smtp.mycompany.com") with my corporate account id and password.

It works fine. The only thing is to realize is that you must have authorized access from the outgoing server for it to work.There's no way to just type in any old "reply-to" address as you can with most email clients.

PS. I don't understand why those who don't have an answer to an OP's original question don't just keep quiet instead of filling up the thread with snotty "you can't do that and why would anyone ever want to do that" posts. Really wastes a lot of other people's time as they try to read through a thread searching for an answer. Sigh. Just how people are, I guess.