Re: [Geary] Sending mail from Alias identities

[Federico Bruni <fede inventati org>]

Please reply to all so everyone can know.

You can install the latest version from jessie-backports (or use APT 
pinning):
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=geary

Il giorno mar 14 giu 2016 alle 14:55, grgwmsm unseen is ha scritto:
> Ah, I see now the latest version of Geary allows me to do what I 
> described in my previous email. I use Debian 8, and hence am using an 
> older version of Geary and did not realize this when emailing.
>
> thank you for your help Federico.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: grgwmsm unseen is
> To: "Federico Bruni" <fede inventati org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:15:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Geary] Sending mail from Alias identities
>
> Thanks for the reply. I have tried what you indicate but it creates a 
> whole new "email account" in the left pane. What I have are "Alias 
> Identities". they are tied and dependent on just one email account 
> (i.e., my main account). I cannot login to my email account with one 
> of the alias identities. And all email is sent through the main 
> account, but the receiver only ever sees the alias email account 
> (unless if they examine the email headers).
>
> Geary loads up my left pane with the Alias Identities, but they are 
> not actual email accounts, just identities. Thunderbird only had one 
> Email Account listed in the left pane and the Manage Identities 
> section allowed me to have several identities associated with that 
> account. Is this possible?
>
>
> I need local folders because my email provider has a quota on how 
> much space I have. I store emails in local folders to help manage my 
> quota.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Federico Bruni" <fede inventati org>
> To: grgwmsm unseen is
> Cc: "geary-list" <geary-list gnome org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 3:18:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Geary] Sending mail from Alias identities
>
> Il giorno mar 14 giu 2016 alle 3:24, grgwmsm unseen is ha scritto:
> >  I'm taking a serious look at Geary. I like the UI design a lot. But
> >  it appears to lack something I MUST have: the ability to send emails
> >  from an Alias identity.
>
> Geary supports this.
> Just add an alias in the preferences and you'll see it in the dropdown
> menu of From field. The nice thing is that when someone replies to an
> email sent from your alias and you reply back, the From field will 
> then
> be automatically set to the alias address.
>
> >  Thunderbird has a "Manage Identities" settings page. Here I can set
> >  an alias as the out going email. Does Geary have such an ability? 
> > How
> >  do I set this up?
>
> In the account settings.
> I see that it's not documented in the help manual. Perhaps it should 
> be
> added?
>
> >  Also, Is there any way to create a "local" folder to which I can 
> > drag
> >  emails to? Thunderbird allows local folder creation.
>
> What do you need it for? For a backup maybe? (you don't need a local
> folder to browse emails offline, I think, at least for the emails
> synced).
>
> I don't think that it's possible, see:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=713832 (Local backup of 
> mail)
>
> Related issues:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714100 (Database backup and
> recovery)
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=713581 (Local drafts 
> folder)