[okfn-help] SIMPLE QUESTION: Gmail aliases

Mon Dec 19 12:06:36 UTC 2011

I'm not familiar with OKFN's email setup, but this problem sounds similar to one I've dealt with in other organisations.

The thing to realise is that each of these email addresses represents two things: (a) an email address that people can send email to; and (b) a Google account identified by that address.

You can set up an alias/forwarder in Gmail which will take email sent to one address and forward it to another of your addresses. However, this does not link the associated Google accounts in any way.

Suppose I have set up chris at example.com to forward emails to my usual Gmail account, chrismear at gmail.com. Then, somebody sends a Google Calendar invite to chris at example.com.

I receive the invite by logging into Gmail using chrismear at gmail.com. But when I click on the invite link, Google Calendar complains.

This is because the invite is for chris at example.com, not for chrismear at gmail.com. But I am currently logged into Google as chrismear at gmail.com. So Google Calendar believes the invite is not for me.

To resolve it, I need to manually log out of Google Calendar, then log in again using my chris at example.com account. Then I can try the invite link again, and it will work.

I usually end up using a separate browser to be logged into a separate Google account when necessary. It's a bit of a pain, but it's the only way I know to manage multiple identities like this.

Chris

On 19 Dec 2011, at 10:55, Nils Toedtmann <nils.toedtmann at okfn.org> wrote:

> I had the similar issue with Google invites, in my case to Google
> documents. When the invites arrive on my secondary mail addresses (which
> are correctly registered with GMail and working), they don't work.
> 
> So let me know when you find the solution :-D
> 
> /nils
> 
> 
> PS: Am i the only one getting confused by Google's permission management?
> 
> 
> 
> On 19/12/11 11:52, Laura Newman wrote:
>> 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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>>        <http://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
>>        <mailto: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.com <mailto:okfn.sam.leon at gmail.com>
>>            address. However, today it seemed that I couldn't confirm
>>            events I was invited to under the sam.leon at okfn.org
>>            <mailto: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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