Changing Your "From" Address in IMAP Email Clients
The From address may need to be changed because it shows your NetID address
(e.g., "crw85") rather than the email alias you'd rather use (e.g., "williace").
Below are instructions for changing the From address for different email clients.
1. Mulberry:
Because Mulberry preferences are saved to a central server, you only have to make this change once.- Open Mulberry and login (login with NetID) Click 'File', 'Preferences', 'Simple'
- "Real Name:" Enter Firstname Lastname (Defaults to your name)
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"Email Address:" Enter "email alias@musc.edu" (Use your email alias)
- "User ID:" Enter NetID (Defaults)
- Click 'OK' button
2. Mozilla or Netscape Email:
Mozilla saves your preferences to your local hard drive; therefore, when you move from one machine (e.g., your office) to another (e.g., a laptop), you have to do this. Once you've done it to a device (e.g., the office PC; the laptop), you have to touch that device only once. Note for LYNX users: If you are a LYNX user and log onto more than one LYNX PC, these preferences are part of your roaming profile and will follow you.- Open Mozilla email and login (Login with NetID)
- Click 'Edit', 'Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings'
- Click 'MUSC IMAP' (Left side list; the Account Name)
- For "Email Address:" Enter email alias@musc.edu (Right side; your email alias)
- Click 'OK' button
3. WebMail:
Like Mulberry, WebMail options are stored on the central server and, therefore, needs to be updated only once. In other words, when WebMail is accessed from different locations, the sent mail headers will contain the changed From address.
- Go to http://webmail.musc.edu on the web and login (Login with NetID)
- Click 'Options', 'Personal Information'
- "Your default identity:" Default Identity (Defaults)
- "Select the identity you want to change:" Default Identity (Defaults)
- "Identity's name:" Default Identity (Defaults)
- "Your full name:" Blank (Defaults)
- "Your From: address:" Enter email alias@musc.edu (Use your email alias)
- "Your Reply-to: address:" Blank (Defaults)
- "Your alias addresses: Blank (Defaults)
- Click 'Save Options' button
4. Microsoft Outlook:
- Open Microsoft Outlook email and login (Login with NetID)
- Click 'Tools', 'Email-Accounts'
- Click 'View or change existing e-mail accounts'
- Click 'Next' button
- Click Account Name to highlight
- Click 'Change' button
- For "E-mail Address:" Enter email alias@musc.edu (Use your email alias)
- Click 'Next' button
- Click 'Finish' button