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Account identity/aliases and automatic selection of the sender adress

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Hello to everyone I've a main email adress (es. [email protected]) and some aliases linked (es [email protected] / [email protected])

As i know setting aliases as identities when i receive an email i can select the sender for answer... Es. I can select [email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected] What i would like to know if is possible, when i'm going to answer, to set automatically the correct sender based to the recepient email adress of the email.

Example: - if i receive an email to [email protected] i would like that when i'm going to answer [email protected] automatically will be set as sender without my manual selection -if i receive an email to [email protected] i would like that when i'm going to answer [email protected] automatically will be set as sender without my manual selection -if i receive an email to [email protected] i would like that when i'm going to answer [email protected] automatically will be set as sender without my manual selection

Is it possible?

Thank you very much for your answer

Hello to everyone I've a main email adress (es. [email protected]) and some aliases linked (es [email protected] / [email protected]) As i know setting aliases as identities when i receive an email i can select the sender for answer... Es. I can select [email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected] What i would like to know if is possible, when i'm going to answer, to set automatically the correct sender based to the recepient email adress of the email. Example: - if i receive an email to [email protected] i would like that when i'm going to answer [email protected] automatically will be set as sender without my manual selection -if i receive an email to [email protected] i would like that when i'm going to answer [email protected] automatically will be set as sender without my manual selection -if i receive an email to [email protected] i would like that when i'm going to answer [email protected] automatically will be set as sender without my manual selection Is it possible? Thank you very much for your answer

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In recent versions - I think since version 65 - 'mailnews.reply_to_self_check_all_ident' should automatically be set to 'True'.

The instructions I gave in previous comment to access 'Config Editor' were for Windows OS version 78*, so let me know if you are using a different OS and/or different version of Thunderbird.

As a test I've just added a new identity, info@domain, to a mail account mail@domain and sent myself an email to using that additional identity. It was received into the main account mail@domain as expected, but when I attempt to Reply, it is entering the new identity into the FROM . the FROM field is displaying like this example: Name <info@domain> mail@domain

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Example: - if i receive an email to [email protected] i would like that when i'm going to answer [email protected] automatically will be set as sender without my manual selection -if i receive an email to [email protected] i would like that when i'm going to answer [email protected] automatically will be set as sender without my manual selection -if i receive an email to [email protected] i would like that when i'm going to answer [email protected] automatically will be set as sender without my manual selection

Is it possible?


UPDATE : PLEASE NOTE - Yes, but perhaps not if you only have one mail account for [email protected] and all the other email address are set up as 'identities' to that main mail account and the relevant preference is not set to check all identities. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-identities

Thunderbird will use the default account if it cannot detect other identities - please read other comments regarding setting a preference to force the check on other identities.

Thunderbird will auto insert a 'From' email address and this depends upon what is set as the default identity for that mail account.

ALTERNATIVE: However, if you had three separate mail accounts, one for each of these email addresses: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] ,then received emails would be placed in the respective mail account folders.

If you are viewing folders and emails in the eg: [email protected] mail account when you click on 'Write' or 'Reply' to an email sent to [email protected], then the default identity - there would only be the one - [email protected] - will be auto put in the FROM field.

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I'll check to see if there is any preference that can force the correct identity and respond as soon as possible.

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When you write a new message, Thunderbird uses the default identity for the account you are working in. When you reply to a message, Thunderbird uses the identity that matches the address the message was originally sent to, if it can find a match in the account you are working in. Otherwise it uses the default identity.

Please try this:

  • Menu app icon > Options > General
  • scroll to the bottom and click on 'Config Editor' button
  • In search type: self
  • look for this line : mailnews.reply_to_self_check_all_ident
  • If this is set to 'False', double click on that line to toggle the setting to 'True'
  • Close 'about:config' window
  • Restart Thunderbird.
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Chosen Solution

In recent versions - I think since version 65 - 'mailnews.reply_to_self_check_all_ident' should automatically be set to 'True'.

The instructions I gave in previous comment to access 'Config Editor' were for Windows OS version 78*, so let me know if you are using a different OS and/or different version of Thunderbird.

As a test I've just added a new identity, info@domain, to a mail account mail@domain and sent myself an email to using that additional identity. It was received into the main account mail@domain as expected, but when I attempt to Reply, it is entering the new identity into the FROM . the FROM field is displaying like this example: Name <info@domain> mail@domain

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wow!!!!!! Solved!!!!! Thank you very much!!

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jpb85 said

wow!!!!!! Solved!!!!! Thank you very much!!

Your welcome :)