{"id":450,"date":"2011-12-17T13:06:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blinkassociates.com\/blog\/?p=450"},"modified":"2013-11-20T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:41:30","slug":"how-to-set-up-multiple-from-addresses-with-an-iphone-mail-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blinkassociates.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-multiple-from-addresses-with-an-iphone-mail-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up Multiple “From” Addresses with an iPhone \/ iPad Mail Account"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Like a lot of people, I use GMail as my main inbox. Several email accounts are ‘fetched’ by GMail and all that email ends up in one convenient in-box. I’ve got GMail set up so that when I reply to an email, it appears as if I replied from the account it was sent to, rather than the GMail account itself. This is pretty easy to set up\u00a0 (instructions are here<\/a>) and it allows you to separate work and personal identities, as an example.<\/p>\n

However, my iPhone \/ iPad has frustrated me in this regard. I have been limited to one email address and when I reply on my phone, it comes from my default email address on the phone, which may not be the one it was sent to, leading to some confusion. I have gone so far as to create two email accounts on my phone which actually access the same GMail in-box so I could separate work and personal, and the right email address would send the account.<\/p>\n

I’ve discovered that there’s a much simpler way to do this on the iPhone \/ iPad. If you follow the instructions below, you’ll get a pick list like the image above, where you can reply to any email using your choice of addresses. So, you can end the confusion and get rid of those extra accounts.<\/p>\n

To add additional email addresses for sending mail to an iPhone \/ iPad Mail email account do the following (this assumes familiarity with basic email on the phone and copying and pasting):<\/p>\n