[imp] Identiies vs Aliases

[rad3.de | Matthias Höppner]

Hi,

not sure but I think a different identity is a client side possibility where an alias is a server side one. 
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BR Matthias 

Am 30. Januar 2020 08:43:29 MEZ schrieb Simon B <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
>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
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