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E-mail migration to Windows Live Mail 2012
After many hours of slogging, I was able to set up my email on my laptop, tablet and phone. However, now I am trying to set up email on my husband's laptop. He uses my email account and has his own ...
Hmm, strange. I use aliases, as well, and haven't come across the issue that you're having. Just to double-check, when you are trying to set it up on his computer, you are using your user_name/email to log in and not the alias/email?
BTW, as an FYI, it seems that Gmail's SMTP server ignores what you put down as your email address (i.e. [email protected]) and tags all outgoing emails' From field as being [email protected] . By that, I mean if even if your have Winmail set up to say that you are [email protected], Gmail will change it and the person receiving your email will see that it is from [email protected].
Sorry, kind of difficult to explain clearly, but if you ever manage to get the alias going in Winmail, send a message from the alias to one of your accounts and see for yourself what it says in the From field.
BTW #2, why not get your husband his own Telus email account instead of an alias? You're allowed at least five separate accounts (can't remember the exact number).
Some people have claimed that changing your Gmail settings to allow less secure apps worked for them.
https://support.google.com/mail/thread/4646076I'm using Winmail in Win7, and that's what I had to do. I thought that Live Mail didn't require this, but maybe it does.
