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Authored by: jscarry on Oct 14, '04 06:45:55PM

This works for any pop account as well.
If you aren't intimidated by editing plist files, open com.apple.mail.plist. Look for
<key>EmailAddresses</key>
Note that the next line is an array.
<array>
<string>john@mydomain.com</string>
<string>ups@mydomain.com</string>
<string>staples@mydomain.com</string>
<string>nyt@mydomain.com</string>
<string>bam@mydomain.com</string>
</array>
I populate the array with the e-mail addresses I use for registering at sites that might spam me.

My plist has five different arrays, one for each real address. The hint seems to work for pop and imap. If you populate the list manually, the names don't show up in the Preferences panel.



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Authored by: dfbills on Oct 14, '04 09:27:43PM

This is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks! I wonder if someone could write an app to add these addresses easily.

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Authored by: klgc on Mar 16, '05 11:39:09PM

Thanks,
I had set my .Mac up in Mail as a POP account as per the instructions in "Inside .Mac"

Editing the plist produced the results I was looking for. I saved a copy of the plist first though, which is prudent for anyone :~)

Thanks again,
Lee C



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