Mac Mail Exchange Alias (email address field greyed out)

I was able te make the feild editable by changeing the outgoing server to, anything else and saving by selecting another tab. The Email address field was then editable when going back the the accounts tab. I added a second email seperated by a comma and set the outgoing mail server back to Exchange and it adds the address and locks the field again when saving.

hey, I just wanted to say thanks- i'm not sure i was experiencing the same issue, but this actually helped me resolve not being able to add a second "send as" address for a distribution list i have set up for some people at work. They wanted to be able to have emails to a certain address go to a few people, and one of them have the ability to send as that address... with the email address line greyed out, i couldn't add a "send as" address. your plist wizardry allowed me to add the distribution list as an email send-as, and in my testing the message comes FROM that address, and hitting reply it goes back TO that same address. perfect.

thanks!

this was an easier answer and worked perfectly for me. Thank You!

hahahaa, genius! thanks.

As a note for future visitors to this thread (since it's one of the first that popped up with a search for "alias exchange apple mail"), this solution still works with 10.10.3.

Mail also colors e-mail sent to an alias (rather than the primary e-mail address) differently, which is a nice bonus.

Hello,

I followed the instructions in this thread and it half worked. I do see the alias when I create a new email.

However, when I send an email from the alias, it goes through as the main email address: the recipient does NOT see the alias.

anyone knows or has ideas on what to try?

I'm also trying to set that up on my iPhone and have similar issues (there I cannot even select the alias. no matter what I do, it disappears when "saving" the settings).

I have the latest software updates:

Max OSX 10.10.5

iOS 9.0

thank you

It seems that EL Capitan has changed the way in which mail os configured and this trick doesn't work anymore!!

Does anyone know how to implement a workaround for this in "el capitan" ?

Yes, with Mail V3, you can now do this in the accounts pane in the preferences.

You have a dropdown called aliases that allows you to add named aliases.

If you are using an exchange account, this option will be grayed out.

But if you choose a different outgoing mailserver, then save this (click on another account and press save, then go back).

Now the option is enabled, after adding/updating your aliases, choose Exchange again as outgoing mailserver.

Your aliases will be available from the dropdown in a new mail.

🙂

Yes! this solved my problem. Thanks a lot Herman! 🙂

Hi

Im having an issue where the 'Email Address:' is greyed out and unable add any custom address in it only select an alias that has @iCloud or @me from the 'Alias:' dropdown above, this is a bit of an issue as before on Yosemite I was able to add custom email addresses in the 'Email Address:' field im using the same settings and accounts as before any ideas how I can add my custom addresses back in?

Hi,

i've done your suggestion, HermanJr, but all my mails with alias xyz, came in as the default mail-address that i used by adding my Office 365-Exchange Account to Apple Mail.

My primary mail-address in that Exchange-Account is also not more the special one, that i used in Apple Mail by adding to it.

Hmm, so I don't know any other conclusion... you too?

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