IChat sends from 'wrong' address

Hi
I have chaged my apple id, but i chat still sends from the old apple id. any ideas?

HI,
So we are talking iOS version of Messages.
On the device you can set Settings > Messages > Received At > Caller ID to the Apple ID
The Default as you set up on an iPhone is the iPhone's Number.
At the Received At spot you can add extra emails.
You seem to be saying that adding an extra email does not get iMessages whilst still on the Original ID as the Caller ID or rather if set to the New ID it "works" but setting the Original ID to "receive" cuts out the new ID as the Sender.
I tried this on one of my two iPhones (both 3GS versions)
One now has two of my Apple IDs showing in the Received At spot.
I then sent an iMessage from one ID to the other and the phone received it.
I then sent from the Main ID to "itself" so the phone would see that as well.
On th Phone they appeared as two separate conversations.
If I then send back from the new ID on that iPhone the Messages App on my computer reports it is in fact from the (new) Apple ID as this was set as the Caller ID
If I revert to the Old ID as Caller ID and send the iMessages again the Mac version of Messages still says it came from the new ID.
Like you I would hope that iMessages to the iPhone Number or an Apple ID would be sent from the ID that got the iMessage.
What I sort of expected though was that the Caller ID setting would take precedence.
I was surprised when it did not.
What you will notice is that I have not started from a point when there are not conversations on my iPhone so I could pick the one that was using the "new" ID already.
I did not try Messaging someone new.
Also this conversation that was to the original ID (which was still in use on the other iPhone and Messages on the Mac) did not sync to those devices. (Or in fact back the iPhone doing the testing).
I also did not get Alert sounds played on the Mac Messages app when new iMessages arrived (separate issue)
It would seem it depends who you are in conversation with and which ID you started that conversation with and whether that conversation can be retained on the device.
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