Domains and addresses

o0o · 20 Jul 2021, 12:43 PM

My understanding is that in my FM account I can have a bunch of domains, is that right?

Now, can I send from multiple addresses in those multiple domains, all while paying for just a single-user account? I want the "reply-to" address in those email headers to be that address, and not my account address of record, if that makes sense.

Thanks in advance for any help people can provide!

xyzzy · 20 Jul 2021, 02:54 PM

You are talking about aliases. I suggest some stuff you might want to read on this topic are:

How to set up aliases

Plus addressing and subdomain addressing

Identities

I would also include Catchall/Wildcard aliases but I believe there's a error in that article (step 3) because you set these up as sending identities not as actual aliases (you cannot define an alias whose local part is a "*"). Maybe I will submit a ticket on that.

In general you can have up to 600 unique aliases but by using subdomain (or plus) addressing you can "overload" a single alias with any number of email addresses.

I'm pretty sure others will follow up in this thread with some examples. If I recall there's another thread with some examples but I don't have the link handy.

o0o · 20 Jul 2021, 03:23 PM

I should have stated, I am asking regarding sending only. I get all my email delivered to my Gmail account by my registrar. Then I want to send from Gmail using different email addresses using the FM SMTP servers. The “reply to” address in the email header must match the address being used, not my account’s email address of record.

This is what I am doing now with TuffMail, but sadly they will be shutting down soon.

Thanks!

Berenburger · 20 Jul 2021, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by o0o

I should have stated, I am asking regarding sending only. I get all my email delivered to my Gmail account by my registrar. Then I want to send from Gmail using different email addresses using the FM SMTP servers. The “reply to” address in the email header must match the address being used, not my account’s email address of record.

This is what I am doing now with TuffMail, but sadly they will be shutting down soon.

I’m using Pobox for that. A forwarding service with SMTP access. BTW, Pobox is part of Fastmail.

o0o · 28 Jul 2021, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berenburger

I’m using Pobox for that. A forwarding service with SMTP access. BTW, Pobox is part of Fastmail.

Berenburger,

I have checked out Pobox and that is just what I was looking for. I have pretty much switched over from Tuffmail and am very satisfied.

I see that they share many internals with FM. How much of what is discussed on the FM forum also applies to Pobox?

o0o

Berenburger · 6 Aug 2021, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by o0o

I see that they share many internals with FM. How much of what is discussed on the FM forum also applies to Pobox?

Pobox' Mailstore account pretty much matches Fastmail's standard account.

20 Jul 2021, 12:43 PM	#1
o0o Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: May 2002 Location: California Posts: 617	Domains and addresses My understanding is that in my FM account I can have a bunch of domains, is that right? Now, can I send from multiple addresses in those multiple domains, all while paying for just a single-user account? I want the "reply-to" address in those email headers to be that address, and not my account address of record, if that makes sense. Thanks in advance for any help people can provide! Last edited by o0o : 20 Jul 2021 at 02:14 PM.

20 Jul 2021, 02:54 PM	#2
xyzzy Essential Contributor Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 474	You are talking about aliases. I suggest some stuff you might want to read on this topic are: How to set up aliases Plus addressing and subdomain addressing Identities I would also include Catchall/Wildcard aliases but I believe there's a error in that article (step 3) because you set these up as sending identities not as actual aliases (you cannot define an alias whose local part is a ""). Maybe I will submit a ticket on that. In general you can have up to 600 unique aliases but by using subdomain (or plus) addressing you can "overload" a single alias with any number* of email addresses. I'm pretty sure others will follow up in this thread with some examples. If I recall there's another thread with some examples but I don't have the link handy. Last edited by xyzzy : 20 Jul 2021 at 03:09 PM.

20 Jul 2021, 03:23 PM	#3
o0o Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: May 2002 Location: California Posts: 617	I should have stated, I am asking regarding sending only. I get all my email delivered to my Gmail account by my registrar. Then I want to send from Gmail using different email addresses using the FM SMTP servers. The “reply to” address in the email header must match the address being used, not my account’s email address of record. This is what I am doing now with TuffMail, but sadly they will be shutting down soon. Thanks!