Email signatures & addresses

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Email signatures & addresses

A few questions about email:

1 - a recent post on app advice said we can now have different signatures for each email account. http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/09/new-feature-in-ios-6-create-custom-signatures -for-each-email-account

I have 3 addresses associated with my Apple ID and have been trying to set up a signature for each but when I open the settings it only shows the primary address for my ID. I've tried adding each address and my phone says its already there. Am I missing something?

2 - in doing this, I noticed there was now an email @icloud.com with my Apple ID (the same as my primary address). Will our other address be eliminated? Anything we should know? Just curious being I have current address as my email with a number of important contacts.

Anyone who can offer input would be appreciated. Thanks.

iPhone 4S, Other OS, iOS 6

Posted on Oct 16, 2012 2:12 PM

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Answer 1

randers4

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Oct 16, 2012 2:22 PM in response to pghkatrina

Did you ever set up the additional email addresses in Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account? If they aren't on the account list they can't be used or managed as separate email addresses (i.e., being associated with your apple ID is not enough). Also, you will be able to use your current email address as long as you want; @icloud.com is just another address if you want to use it (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5441).

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pghkatrina Author

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Oct 16, 2012 3:04 PM in response to randers4

That's where I'm confused. I already get the emails sent to the other addresses & if I try to set up the other addresses, my phone says they are already present. ???

The iCloud email just showed up and I've had my 4S for almost a yr so I just wanted to check.

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randers4

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Oct 16, 2012 3:16 PM in response to pghkatrina

Are these other email addresses email aliases for your iCloud email address (as discussed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2622)? If so, email sent to these all routes back to your primary iCloud email address inbox and I don't believe you can set up or manage these separately.

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