How do I send iCloud email with a different sender address (e.g., my Apple ID) in addition to the xxx@me.com sender address (as is possible in Gmail)?

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How do I send iCloud email with a different sender address (e.g., my Apple ID) in addition to the xxx@me.com sender address (as is possible in Gmail)?

I tried adding my Apple ID address xxx@xxx.edu to the iCloud account information under Preferences in Apple Mail. This lead to an error (address rejected by server). Is there any way to have a different "from" address in iCloud email than the @me.com address and its @me.com aliases?

(If not, iCloud is not for me. Gmail would be superior, as it allows this.)

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Oct 16, 2011 7:11 AM

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Oct 19, 2011 2:26 AM in response to blume

Do you have a solution for this problem?

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Oct 19, 2011 2:51 AM in response to blume

In the moment it is not possible to use a different smtp server in icloud.com ...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4918

Moving Mail, Calendars, Contacts, and Bookmarks

Mail

When you move from MobileMe to iCloud, your active email addresses (@me.com, @mac.com, and all your aliases) move with you, along with all of your messages, mailboxes, and rules.
After moving to iCloud, the mail application you use to read your email must support accessing email via IMAP over SSL (such as OS X Mail or Outlook 2007 and 2010).
After moving to iCloud, the following webmail features will no longer work:
- Checking external POP email accounts.
- Using a "Send From" address to send from a non @me.com or @mac.com email address.

Pleaase make a feature request to apple. Maybe we will get this feature back ..

http://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html

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