[imp] Identiies vs Aliases

[Simon B]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 19:18, Jens Wahnes <wahnes at uni-koeln.de> wrote:
>
> Simon B wrote:
> > For example, if my default identity issimon at example.com  and I have an
> > identity assimon at example.net, puttingsimon at example.net  into those
> > boxes, means that when an email is addressed tosimon at example.net, the
> > reply comes from the default identity.
>
> Well, that's what both alias addresses and addresses tied to a identity
> are used for. When you reply to an email that was sent to an address
> listed in an identity (either as the default address or as alias address
> or as tied-to address), this identity will be chosen by default. When
> the address is listed in the identity as an alias, it will also be
> removed from the list of recipients when replying to all. Of course you
> can always override this by choosing a different identity from the
> drop-down box in the "From" field (available only if you have configured
> more than one identity).

Hallo Jens,

why, therefore, does one need both if they do the same thing?   That
doesn't make sense.

Regards

Simon