IMessage recieved as an email

All my friends using iMessage are saying when I send them a message via iMessage, it shows the message as coming from my email. When they try to reply to the message, they have to send it as an SMS. When I turn off my iMessage, they get the message from my phone number, as an SMS, of course. A friend told me to have them add my email to my contact information on the recipiant's phone. I was wondering if I could do something rather than telling all my friends to make the changes. I don't know anyone who has experienced this problem so I thought it might have been something I did wrong. Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi gracefromsa,
Check your settings: Settings>General>Messages> click on Send and Receive, scroll down to where it says "Start New Conversations From"....
If your email is checked there, then check your Phone Number instead.
Cheers,
GB

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