[okfn-help] SIMPLE QUESTION: Gmail aliases

Mon Dec 19 10:49:08 UTC 2011

Hi Laura,

Thanks a lot for this. I have actually done both these steps, but something
else is up (not sure what though!)

S

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi Sam,
>
> There are two things you have to do to correctly alias an email account.
>
> 1) Click on the cog type symbol in the top right corner (options) > mail
> settings > accounts and imports. This is how you feed messages from one
> address into the gmail inbox, and I guess you did this already.
>
> 2) Click on your email address in the top right-hand corner > account
> settings > edit email addresses, and add your okfn.org address. That was
> the step I forgot when I was setting up my account, and could be where
> you're going wrong. If you've done that already though, I'm afraid I can't
> help.
>
> Any good?
> Laura
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>>  Hi everyone,
>>
>> Simple question:
>>
>> I thought I had aliased my @okfn account to my okfn.sam.leon at gmail.comaddress. However, today it seemed that I couldn't confirm events I was
>> invited to under the sam.leon at okfn.org address.
>>
>> How do I check if these accounts are correctly linked?
>>
>> S
>>
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>> Sam Leon
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>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://okfn.org/
>> Skype: samedleon
>>
>>
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>
>
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> Laura Newman
>
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>

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Sam Leon
Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
Skype: samedleon
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