use iMessage with iCloud email alias?

Chris A.,

This is what I found about iCloud and .me aliases(http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4632):

Summary

As of June 6, 2011, the following changes to MobileMe email aliases are no longer supported:

• Adding a new alias
• Deleting an existing alias
• Changing the active or inactive status of an alias
• Changing the color or description of an alias

Products Affected

MobileMe

Currently active email aliases will continue to work for sending and receiving emails. (Mayemac comment: I still can use my aliases to send and receive emails from Microsoft Outlook in a PC but I wonder if this is just the only thing tha we will be able do with the aliases; send and receive emails and that's it).

The ability to add, delete, or change an email alias will be available for MobileMe members that move to iCloud, once it is available this fall.

I'm still having problems with my aliases as well and haven't figured out yet how to solve them, but at least I was able to add all of the real and aliases emaill addresses in Settings>messages, as Received At addresses by adding them first directly into my Apple account (https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/9/wa/directToSignIn?w osid=HjlK10qeSWnPnWAP22tUF0&localang=en_US) and then I was able to enter all my aliases in the iPhone and iPad under the messages settings. Having figure out yet how to sync the iMessages between my iPhone and iPad, though.

Mariela

In this thread I found the answer: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3385360

Once you sign out and then sign back in iMessage be sure to use your preferred alias email as the primary email address to be reached at. It worked for me. I logged in to my apple id using my original email address and now I'm iMessaging with one of my aliases.

This worked for me as well. This is what I wrote in one of my previous replies above:

I'm still having problems with my aliases as well and haven't figured out yet how to solve them, but at least I was able to add all of the real and aliases emaill addresses in Settings>messages, as Received At addresses by adding them first directly into my Apple account (https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/9/wa/directToSignIn?w osid=HjlK10qeSWnPnWAP22tUF0&localang=en_US) and then I was able to enter all my aliases in the iPhone and iPad under the messages settings. Having figure out yet how to sync the iMessages between my iPhone and iPad, though.

But even though I had issues when I wrote the reply above, I was able to add my aliases and now I'm using it for iMessages without any issues. I think is worth trying to add the emails and aliases to the apple id account profile and do it more than once if it doesnt work the first time. I did it like three times until the server added and recognized my aliases 🙂 There's still server issues causing headaches to people.

Mariela

I remember that before I converted to iCloud it asked something about the emails used since I had a family account under the old me.com services. I went there and added an email address for my daughter but I can't remember if I did something with the aliases that I used. But I dont think I did anything about them. They were converted as well. Will research more here and post the answer if I found it 🙂

This doesn't work for me as well. I really want to use my @me aliases instead of the original one to have a little privacy. I always get an error saying "iMessage Activation - An error occured while verifrying your email" any thoughts to fix this?

It appears that if you want to use an additional email other than the standard iCloud email address you need to associate it with your account. So providing the email address you want to use, is not an appleid inits own right, you just need to associate it to your account.

visit appleid.apple.com and choose manage my id.

log on using iCloud address, then add email. Enter the details of the address you want to use. Save and exit. This sends an email to the email address with a verification link, veryfiy the address,

On the iPhone in the settings > Messages add the email address. All will work well.

This can all be done through the phone if the email account also exists on the device.

Hope this helps.

I wonder if it has to do with which internet browser you are using. I will try it with a different browser just to see if it works. This happened to me until I was able to save the aliases but I think it was just luck.

Hi

Changes dont save there and then. An email is sent to the address. You have to click the link in the email and login again to verify the address, then it is saved. Is that what you are doing or just clicking "save changes" in appleid. If so it wont show up until you verify from the email.

Hope you get it sorted.

Same problem here. I have noticed that it's just with my mac.com/mobileme aliases. I tried my bellsouth email; it saved and I got the confirmation immediately. It will not save my mac.com/mobileme alias in Safari, Firefox, nor on my iPhone.

Maybe it has to do with the alias actually being part of the main account, and not a standalone address.

So, because I am trying to use an old alias with a new technology, it's rejecting it?

I knew about the changes to MobileMe, but it doesn't say anything about not working with iMessage.

It's an issue to me because my alias is my first.last name, which is easier to give to people (and more mature sounding than my old original ID)

Hm. Maybe I should change my main account ID now that it's possible without creating a brand new acccount.

Mariela, when did you make those changes? I just tried again and it will not accept an alias.

My acct. looks pretty much like yours.

I tried to edit/change my secondary email to the alias, and I tried using a different alias, and it just relaods the page.

Nothing happens like it did with my bellsouth.

Added the aliases last saturday at 4:30 pm to be exact and I still have no idea how it was saved since I had issues before trying to add the aliases. Today I made additional changes as well. Maybe you have to add your main email to the alternates as well? It doesnt make sense but who knows! This is so crazy and inconsistent.

Apple how much more money do we need to throw at you to get this sorted!!! Tried adding the Apple ID as an alternative but all i get is

'The email provided has already been specified'

Tried adding the alias emails to the ID throughout the day for the past three days... No luck.

Chris,

I hope they fix this very soon. I don't even want to touch my account since I'm afraid it will get messed up. I have sync issues with iMessages for messages received between the iPhone and the iPad and I think is due to the problems with the emails, but I'm afraid to change them. Yesterday I tried to add another .mac alias that I used in the past, and it kept reloading like it did to you.