How to make iCloud alias behave like a default email

It's possible dude. Follow these steps

icloud.com > Mail > Settings > Preferences > Composing

And here you can set a default address, so you don't have to change you address each time you compose a mail

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Alos looking for this. Apple please fix this !!!

Is there even a way to send from an alias in mail on the iPhone???

I have been using my alias as my primary address for a couple of years, and it seems that I am now unable to send an email with my iphone using this alias... Am I the only one???

I know... I want the default to be assigned to my alias instead of my main @me.com email account. I know I can manually change the email address it will be sent from when I compose and email but I need it to be used all the time (especially when the emails are sent automatically by my iphone - examples: when sending a contact card or a photo, you don't have the opportunity to change the email as no email windows pops up... the email is sent in the background using your main @me.com address..... This can be changed on the online www.icloud.com mail application but only when you compose emails on the web interface.

Thanks!!!

I feel like a complete idiot... the fact is that I DID try this yesterday (as this was the way to do with mobile me) and my alias would not appear in the list...

I just retried it, and now it is available..

thanks again! I am looking forward to find how to set it by default, as it was possible with mobile me...

Use the OTHER option instead of iCloud or MobileMe. Use the alias as the email address. Incoming mail server is mail.me.com. User name and password is your primary acct name. Outgoing server is smtp.mail.com.

This will allow you to send mail from alias. You will continue to receive mail for all aliases and the primary.

Thanks. Good workaround. I guess I should disable email under my iCloud account in order to avoid receiving double emails in my "All inbox". Too bad the push option won't be available.

@Dbehn~~Thanks so much for that tip! Manually changing it for EVERY email was killing me!

@mdup01~What do you mean it won't be push?? I just did the workaround and it seems to be pushing to my device. Maybe I don't understand what push is because I can do all that I was able to do when I was going directly through the icloud email account.

I have a question. I now see that I'm getting duplicate emails from the account that I set up using the alias (it's obvious why it's happening), but if I shut off "mail" in order to stop this from happening, is there a way to continue to get mail from the other aliases??

Sorry for all the questions but this is really bugging me and now I'm getting this message when using the alias that I set up the account for: "A copy has been placed in your Outbox. The sender address was rejected by the server"

I turned off "mail" in the main iCloud account so that I don't keep getting duplicates to the phone. Any idea how to resolve this??

What do you mean it won't be push?? I just did the workaround and it seems to be pushing to my device. Maybe I don't understand what push is because I can do all that I was able to do when I was going directly through the icloud email account.

You likely have a Fetch interval enabled as well (Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data). So you're seeing your new mail, but it is being fetched instead of pushed. If you set the Fetch interval to Manually, you won't receive any email until you actually view your Inbox.

@ izzy35

You need to enter your main account identity in the IMAP and SMTP server settings. Using an alias in those fields will result in the error you're getting.

Did anyone have trouble with getting a message that the Username or Password for "mail.me.com" is incorrect? I put in my primary email and password. The one that I login to the regular site every day, but it will not go through. Can't figure out what I'm doing different. I'm really getting angry.

This is an issue that has bothered MobileMe/iCloud users for too long. Please everyone go to www.apple.com/feedback/ and relay your concerns. If enough buzz is created they will work on the issue. I want my push back and not to get wrong name and password everything I check my ema from my iPhone! I want to use my iCloud alias as the default.