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(ask) iMessages alias

Hendri Hendri

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Hello,

I Just created my icloud alias

1. Can we use this alias as our iMessages account ?
2. I tried to add "send from" with this new alias, but either on my mac or iPhone showed this new alias. Can anyone help me ?
3. If I can use this alias, is that mean, I can only choose one to use (my new alias, or my iCloud id) ?
4. if someone who knew my origin icloud id, then he/she iMessage me to my origin icloud id, will I received the messages ?

thx
 

Lee_Bo

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Hello,

I Just created my icloud alias

1. Can we use this alias as our iMessages account ?
2. I tried to add "send from" with this new alias, but either on my mac or iPhone showed this new alias. Can anyone help me ?
3. If I can use this alias, is that mean, I can only choose one to use (my new alias, or my iCloud id) ?
4. if someone who knew my origin icloud id, then he/she iMessage me to my origin icloud id, will I received the messages ?

thx

Did you set this also as an email alias? The reason I ask it I created an alias email address (which I wish I would have created as my actual email address) and I was able to add that to iMessage.
 

Hendri Hendri

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Did you set this also as an email alias? The reason I ask it I created an alias email address (which I wish I would have created as my actual email address) and I was able to add that to iMessage.

Yes, i even changed my “send from” to this alias at my icloud mail preference

Not sure If i missed some steps or not. The alias does not appear at the “send and receive”
 

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