[okfn-help] SIMPLE QUESTION: Gmail aliases

Mon Dec 19 10:52:08 UTC 2011

After sending my email, I came across the same problem trying to reply to a
calendar invitation. There is clearly something funny going on with the
calendar and aliases. Any help appreciated!

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sam Leon
>>> Community Coordinator
>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>> http://okfn.org/
>>> Skype: samedleon
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Laura Newman
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://okfn.org/
>> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Sam Leon
> Community Coordinator
> Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://okfn.org/
> Skype: samedleon
>
>

-- 
Laura Newman
Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
Skype: lauranewmanonskype
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