Email aliases and .mac

Question

I have sucessfully set up my .mac alias (using .mac mail).
First make a note of your primary account information:
Username & password
Incoming mail server
Outgoing mail server
Ports etc...
You will be applying these settings to your new account.
On iPhone go to:
* Settings/mail/add account/choose "other".
* Sellect type: imap
Name the account (name you want to appear in "from" field of email).
Type in your .mac alias address.
Description: Name of mailbox (i.e. personal, work).
Incoming mail server (enter info from your primary account):
* Host Name: mail.example.com (or mail.mac.com)
* Your primary account username
* Your primary account password
Outgoing mail server (enter info from your primary account)
In my case, for out going mail server I am using:
smtp.att.yahoo.com, port: 465
My username & password
Now, on my iPhone mail, I can select which account to send & receive from.
Personal or work.
Works for me, hope it does for you!

Answer 1

The only way "around" this is to set up truly separate email accounts. Because you are using aliases, all accounts are merely different names for the same primary account. Thus, all accounts will be the same, just with different names. By computer analogy, it would be akin to creating multiple aliases to the same file on your computer but trying to get each one to "point to," or "mirror" a different file. The only solution, or "work-around" to this would be to create separate files.
The same thing applies to email aliases. They are not truly separate accounts, so no fix or work-around will ever apply. However, rest assured that the recipient will only ever see the alias name of the account used to send the email. They will be under the impression that when they reply, they are replying to your alias name, and will not have access to your primary email name unless you give it to them.
The beauty of the email alias is that it is transparent to you. If you begin to get spam from a particular alias, you can simply turn it off or delete it altogether. If you look at the "to" filed under your mail header, you can see to which alias each email was sent...