Real Name showing up with Aliases. Please help.

Question

This is very odd, and so far I can't find any answers here, so I felt starting a new discussion might be the way to go.
First off, the obvious, because I know that will be everyone's first suggestion. My real name is NOT in the "Full Name" fields under the aliases, in the iCloud Preferences, under "Account".
The details. I signed up under dot.mac when it came out. This might have some bearing. Thus I have the "dual" ID's, mac.com and me.com. I also use Lion, and the latest iOS release.
Under Mac Mail (my laptop), when I choose the "from" options, this is what I see. I have 5 aliases (a carry over from mobileme), but I will only use two as example (the problem is with all aliases.
(Real Name) [email protected]
(Real Name) [email protected]
(Alias1) [email protected]
(Alias1) [email protected]
(Alias2) [email protected]
(Alias2) [email protected]
(Real Name) [email protected] (started as a .mac alias)
(Real Name) [email protected] (started as a .me alias)
I don't know why my real name is showing up next to an alias as an option. When I send a laptop email with (Alias) alias@mac(me).com, my name is never shown in a reply. If I send (Real Name) alias@mac(me).com, I of course see my name in the reply.
Now, on my iPad and iPod, when in Mail, and I tap the from field to select an option, all of my aliases are there, with NO real names showing at all (that is, only one set, not two like my laptop). But this is where it gets strange.
When I send an iPod or iPad email from an alias, the sent mail always has my real name preceding my alias. Obviously, my anonimity is lost if I choose to send an iPod or iPad email with an alias.
I can't help but think there is some connection between my laptop Mac Mail showing 2 sets of aliases (with real name and without), and my iDevices sending
mail only with real name, and possibly a connection between my iCloud account and my seemingly still active mobileme account, that all mm users were given an extension on (note, in my laptop mail accounts there is only the iCloud account, not an additional mobileme one.
I have checked my Mac Mail accounts, and the iCloud Preferences>Accounts, as well as iCloud Preferences>Composing, and nothing seems out of order.
Ideally, the goal is to have:1) on my laptop Mail the one set...my aliases without name and my proper real name email, and 2) the ability to send an alias email with complete confidence that my real name will not be there with the alias.
I am very grateful for everybody's input. As I mentioned, I could not find any similar thread. Thank you.

Answer 1

OK, I found a work around.
On your iDevice,
1) GO TO: Settings
2) GO TO: Mail, Contacts, Calendars
3) GO TO: iCloud
4) GO TO: Account
5) GO TO: Advanced: Mail  - You'll have to scroll down, the option is at the bottom, below the bottom edge of the screen.
6) GO TO: iCloud Account Information
7) REMOVE Any information in the NAME field
This will prevent your iDevice from sending the name in that field on ANY account (main or alias), all it will send is the email address you specified ([email protected], [email protected], etc)
Now, what you can try is:
8) GO TO: Contacts
9) CREATE: A new contact for each alias (assuming your main iCloud email is already associated with your own Contact file
10) ENTER the pseudonym of choice for your alias.
11) ENTER the corresponding alias
Try sending some test emails and see if the iDevice pulls the contact information. When I sent my test emails to my Gmail account, the web-based Gmail only had the email address. However, the iDevice Mail app associated the email with the contact card.
One downside to this, is that, especially with Gmail, your iCloud emails will end up going in to spam, so you may want to set expectations with your recipients.
You can also create multiple iCloud accounts, use your alias as your email BUT MAKE SURE YOU USE YOUR APPLEID for mail server authentication. You would then follow steps 1-6 above but enter the name you want associated with the alias email. The issue with this is you WILL get duplicate mail in your inbox and drain your battery needlessly.
Again, it is by no means an elegant solution, but its a far better cry than having multiple emails or jury-rig configurations.