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25 Feb 2024, 03:23 AM | #1 |
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Alias addresses vs "other" address at my domain
Reading this post recently let me to ask a question that has been puzzling me.
On the "My email addresses" screen in Settings, in the Type column some addresses have the word "Alias," but others do not. ALL the addresses are of the form <xxx@mydomain.com>, where mydomain.com has its nameservers pointed to FM. What are these "other" addresses, and how in the world did I set them up? What are the functional differences between "Alias" addresses and these "other" addresses? |
25 Feb 2024, 06:01 AM | #2 |
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See: Fastmail help: My email addresses > Type
I believe there is a bug in this Fastmail settings page with the display. Every address on that page which has a dot (period or full-stop) character displays nothing in the Type column. That includes wildcard subdomains such as *@sub.fastmail.com or aliases such as user.alias@fastmail.com. When I have time I will report this to Fastmail staff. Bill |
25 Feb 2024, 06:11 AM | #3 |
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I have a long list of "My email addresses".
They have six different types:
"Catch-all" mean it is ca catch-all alias' of course (all addresses under a domain). "Send via Fastmail" is the email address from the organization that employs me, that I set as an identity many years ago. I have all email sent to that address forwarded to my Fastmail account where I handle it. Usually I reply from a different address in my own domain. The addresses that have no type designation are in subdomains of either my own domain or a Fastmail domain (when another alias allows me to receive mail at that subdomain). I also have one email address without a designated type that is a catch-all address at an external domain that cannot be used for sending anymore because I cannot verify that address. So at least from my addresses it seems that those with the various "alias" types are ones that have a target (and that were setup as aliases years ago) and those without a type or with type "Send via Fastmail" are identities I have set up in the past. So my guess is that the addresses you have of "alias" type are aliases you setup in the past in your own domain (or domains) and the ones with no type must have been setup as identities and there has to be a catch-all alias in the same domain so that email to these addresses are received. |
25 Feb 2024, 12:25 PM | #4 |
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Thanks to all for your responses. But color me still confused.
In my list of addresses, I have the following:
I can't make sense of this. |
25 Feb 2024, 01:55 PM | #5 | ||
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To the right of the Type column is a funnel tool which can change the sort criteria. Be sure this is set to “All” or you won’t see all types.
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25 Feb 2024, 06:19 PM | #6 | |
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The new way of doing things is that when you define a new address like <something@mydomain> it is set up as an alias (with a corresponding sending identity), with target(s) of its own, that override delivery settings of the corresponding catch-all alias (if there is one). If you choose to set up the same address as "an address you already have" then an alias is not created, and either Fastmail determines that it is already handling the email for the address (there is a catch-all alias that includes it, or it is a subdomain address that comes with an existing alias), or else the address has to be "verified" to become address (an email is sent to the address with a link or code, to ensure the user can receive email at the address). Perhaps the "dot in address" bug is related to detection of the address being a subdomain address at an existing alias (that is the entire address is searched for a dot instead of just the domain part). |
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26 Feb 2024, 05:37 PM | #9 | |
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Most of my aliases are there, and not in the "My email address" page. I don't know why some are here and some are there. My guess is that when the new scheme replaced the old one aliases with corresponding sending identities were "merged" with the sending identities and put in the "My email addresses" page, and aliases without corresponding sending identities were considered as forwarding to "other members of my team" and put in the aliases tab in the "Users & Sharing" page. |
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28 Feb 2024, 11:07 AM | #10 |
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