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firmansolutions

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Original poster
I setup my @mac.com ID a few years ago, but never really liked the username I chose. A couple of years ago I started using mobile me more and created an email alias.

I setup my iPhone, iPad and Mail to receive and send email via the alias. I used information from a post in macrumors to configure this on iOS; essentially the Mac.com user name was used as credentials but the alias email address was the username.

So in summary I have username@mac.com and alias@me.com and always use the alias.

Since migrating to iCloud I am now getting the following situation.

If I send an email to my alias I get 2 copies of the email.

If I send an email to the actual real username email address I only get one copy.

Prior to iCloud I would only get one copy.

My iCloud settings on iOS is configured using username@mac.com. I have added an additional email account (imap) for the alias. I can set the Mail feature of iCloud off and this suppresses retrieval of one copy of the email, but it's still there and downloads if I enable Mail for the iCloud account under the Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings.

I think I need to have the additional Mail account for my alias to allow me to send using the alias.

Does someone know how to configure iOS for this situation?

Thanks
Eric
 
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