3 to 1?

[jkubik]

On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 19:26 -0500, Chris Aitken wrote:
> I get three of each email (from any source). This is because I have my 
> ISP account (caitken-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org) and two registered domains, 
> chrisaitken.net and shinypinemusic.com. I want to be able to /send/ from 
> caitken-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org, chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org and chris at shinypinemusic. I 
> want to /receive/ any mail sent to [anything]@chrisaitken.net and 
> [anything]@shinypinemusic.com. My two registered domains have email 
> forwarding set with EasyDNS.
> 
> To have different 'From' fileds (in Thunderbird) I need three 
> "different" mail servers. [Thunderbird can only create accounts with 
> different mail server entries.] Of course, I can only really get mail 
> from one server (vianet.ca). So, the three names I came up with are 
> mail.vinet.ca, smtp.vianet.ca and the IP address. This allows me the 
> three Thunderbird accounts. So, I can send to tlug from vianet.ca, I can 
> send from shinypinemusic.com when it's business related, and 
> chrisaitken.net when I think the response may be far in the future 
> (hence, I may have changed ISPs).
> 
> The problem is, as you might have guessed by now, that I get three of 
> every email. Is there any way to avoid getting three of everything?
> don't want to have to customize the 'From' for each mail as I would have 
> to change server settings each time (unacceptable amount of 
> configuration for just one email). I don't know whether to call my ISP 
> or EasyDNS about this. It may be something I have to do on my own -- 
> assuming anything can be done.
> 
> Chris
> 
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So, are you actually get 3 copies of the same message, or are you
downloading the same message 3 times?

I think it's the latter, and the correct thing to do is to setup all
extra mail accounts to forward to your correct email account. Then, from
thunderbird you can send from any account you choose, but you only
receive mail to one account.

-Joseph-

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