In Mail.app I have several mail addresses and incoming mail to some addresses is already being forwarded to my primary mail address. I don't want to have an inbox for these secondary emails (I've got them on my primary anyway) but I want to be able to send from those addresses. I've tried adding my secondary account as usual, and then disabling it. But then I can't see that address' SMTP server to send from when sending. If I enable it, I can see it, but its mailbox automatically comes back. How can I have no mailbox for a mail account, but still be able to select its SMTP server to send mail from that address?
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Not sure if this helps but been a mobile me user for a year now and this is my outlook 2007 settings:
Also worth noting I have seen in small print that iCloud will only work with Outlook 2007 & 2010
Account type: imap
Incoming mail server: mail.me.com
Outgoing mail server: smtp.me.com
- (I note that Apple's KB of this states: smtp.mail.me.com i.e. mine does not have "mail" in it).
User name: (_ _ _ _ _)@me.com (don't put in @me.com though)
Tick require logon using SPA
on advanced tab:
outgoing server tab
my outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication: tick this
use same settings as my incoming mail server: click this
Advanced tab
Incoming server (IMAP): 993
Use following type of encrypted connection: SSL
Outgoing server (SMTP): 587
Use following type of encrypted connection: TLS
So far my account is still working but have not upgraded to iOS5 or iCloud yet as waiting for update to another program that I use to bypass iTunes for music importing.
Well, in Mail 4.5 (on Snow Leopard) it's easy: add a condition "Message is in Mailbox" to your smart mailbox's filter. In my case, that "Gmail" mailbox is a sub-box of the (unified) Inbox.
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In short, you can't accomplish what you're trying to do. In order to send/reply from a given address, you have to have that account set up and active in Mail.
Without the account being active, the address you wish to use is not available. And setting up an SMTP server entry for the other account(s) will not bypass the primary issue since you would only be using any alternate SMTP server as a relay for the account you're using to send the email - it will not rewrite the sending account address. For example, I have email forwarded from a generic "info@" account to a personal account on the same domain, but I can't reply with or send from the "info@" account address since I don't have that account set up in Mail.