No Phone Number for messages on Mountain Lion

I updated to 10.8 mountain lion today. when i message people from my mac it comes up with my email address on the recipents iphone? is it possible to change this so it uses my mobile number instead?
Thanks

Only when iOS 6 comes out and gives you the ability to officially use your phone number for iMessages (instead of just for iPhones, as it is now).
So when iOS 6 comes out, this issue will resolved.
So yes, they are working on it and a fix is coming out soon.

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