Using alternate email

I used to have a SKYPE account with my ISP's email address. This is the Email that I comonly use. My messenger account had a hotmail email address. So since I have merged the two, I no longer seem to have my old SKYPE address but my hotmail address. I know for a fact that a contact tried to add me on her SKYPE contact list using my ISP email address. I got an Email asking me to download skype?????? never got a request on SKYPE although these addresses are both listed. anybody know whats up????

Hello amg1957,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If you're trying to add an alternate email address to your Apple ID account, the email needs to be an existing valid email address. To configure an alternate email address with a valid existing email, please follow the directions below.
Alternate email address
You can add one or more alternate email addresses for use with Apple services such as Game Center, FaceTime, Find My Friends, iMessage, and OS X notifications.
Go to My Apple ID (appleid.apple.com).
Select “Manage your Apple ID” and sign in.
Add an alternate address:
Select Add Email Address, then enter your alternate address. Apple will send a verification email to that address. Didn't receive the email?
Follow the instructions in the email to verify the address.
Edit an alternate address:
Select Edit next to the address, then enter the new address. Apple will send a verification email to that address. Didn't receive the email?
Follow the instructions in the email to verify the address.
Delete an alternate address: Select Delete next to the address.
Manage your Apple ID primary, rescue, alternate, and notification email addresses - Apple Support
Take care,
Alex H.

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Could someone direct me to where I can log a 'feature request' or report what I actually consider to be a 'bug' in how Microsoft uses user profile information in Office 365? Maybe this is the right place...???
Anyway, it seems like a really bad choice to use the email address provide for the purpose of emergency account access (if you lose your password) for notifications about your Office 365 account.
*Alternate email address
If you forget your password, we will use this email to help you reset it and sign in to your Office 365 account.
So, for example, my wife works for a firm for which I am the Partner of Reference on their Office 365 account. My wife is the local admin for the firm's Office 365 account and has given her personal Yahoo email account for the above required 'alternate
email address'. So now, every time I get a notification about their account from the Microsoft Online Services Team, she gets a CC to her personal email account. This is not only illogical and annoying, but violates the stated purpose for providing the alternate
email address. That, in my opinion, make it a 'bug'.
Thanks!
Wayne S. CompTIA A+ CompTIA Network+ Microsoft MCP

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?my apple account used an email from a previous job that i can't access now

My apple account was my ex work email I no longer have access to I thought i had changed it but when I try and update apps my user name still comes up with the old one and won;t let me chane it help please ?

As Linc has said, those purchases are tied to your 'work' Apple ID.
If you could proivde more information, maybe we can help.
So you don't have access to the email address associated with the Apple ID, but do you have your AppleID assword? Are you unable to update the purchases in the App Store? Did you forget the AppleID password at some point, and now you can not recover it? If so, have you tried using the security questions to recover your account?
Is this account tied to purchasing/billing for your former employeer, or is it a personal account that you happened to use your work email for?
If you can access your account, have you tried the steps in this article?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5621
Apple ID is a little more flexible now in terms of renaming and using alternate email addresses, that is, if you can access the account.

On my iCloud account I can see an alternate email ID which can be used to login to my account, this email ID does not belong to me so I need to delete it. Please advice the best possible way as it does. It show any option to delete that ID

On my iCloud account I can see an alternate email ID which can be used to login to my account, this email ID does not belong to me so I need to delete it. Please advice the best possible way as it does. It show any option to delete that ID

Do the alternate e-mail address ends with me.com or icloud.com?

How do I unverify an alternate email for one Apple ID and then use it for another Apple ID?

So I need to use my email address for another Apple ID and when I enter it, it says that its already verified when I deleted it from my other Apple ID. Does anyone know how I unverify that email address???? Please help!!!

Hey, try these steps:
Go to My Apple ID.
Select Manage your Apple ID and sign in.
Scroll down to check if there are alternate and additional email addresses
Delete or remove those email addresses
Hope this helps.

Can i use an alternate email instead of an apple ID for iMessage?

can I use an alternate email instead of an apple ID for iMessage?

iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage - Apple Support

If I have an email as an alternate email on my account how can i make is my new appleID without it saying that it has been used already?

If I have an email as an alternate email on my account how can i make is my new appleID without it saying that it has been used already?

Carole,
If it talks about your password it is probably a scam.
Take a look in your purchase history and see if there has really been a purchase.
Also you can refer to this document: Identifying fraudulent "phishing" email

Hello .. i own icloud account but i have a problem, because i need to change my security questions, and i want to reset from email, But rescue email is diffrent from my alternat email, because i can't use my credit

hello .. i own i cloud account but i have a problem, because i need to change my security questions, and i want to reset from email, But rescue email is different from my alternate email, because it's my 1st usage for my credit and i can't accomplish it without using the secret question ..please help

Hello, yehyakov.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I understand that you want to reset your security questions for your iCloud account. Here is an article that will provide multiple options to help you with this.
If you forgot the answers to your Apple ID security questions
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201485
Cheers,
Jason H.

Please help with setting up native mail app using Gmail with alternate email address

I have an alternative email address setup such as [email protected] configured to use with my online Gmail account. In the online account, I use the alternate email services smtp server so emails are sent correctly from that alias.
Is there a way to setup the native mail app to use Gmail for mail, contacts, and calendar and use an alternate email address as the sender? Right now I am syncing contacts and the calendar through the native mail app and using the Gmail mail app for my email. It allows you to select from all of the emails setup on the Gmail account.
But for simplicity sake, I would like to consolidate to the native email app for all of my accounts - I also have an Exchange based work account.
Thank you for the help.

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I have forgotten my alternate email address and security questions, and i can't make any purchase of games from the app store, but i have already use my itune gift card, how?

Please help me, i have forgotten my alternate email address and security questios, i can't make any purchase in app store, but i have already used the app store girt card, please help me : (

You need to contact Apple. Click here, phone them, and ask for the Account Security team.
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Somehow my alternate email address was changed and when I try to edit it says that email is being used by another account?

Will not let me change my alternate email address...says it's being used by another account. Don,t know what I have done.

It probably really is being used by another account. That account holder may be you, or it may have been an Apple ID used at one time in the past, which again may have been you. Doesn't matter which. Once it's used, it can no longer be used by anyone, ever again.
By "already in use" it means that email address might be an Apple ID, or an "alternate email address" associated with any Apple ID that has not been deleted from that Apple ID, or a "rescue email address" for an Apple ID that also has not yet been deleted. Therefore if you have another Apple ID go to https://appleid.apple.com/ and using the "Manage your Apple ID" button, check your account for alternate email addresses. If that email address is present, deleting it will make it available to use for an Apple ID.
Rack your brain for any other Apple IDs you may have used in the past.

How do i delete my primary email address and use one of my alternate email adresses as my primary email address

how do i delete my primary email address and use one of my alternate email adresses as my primary email address

Hey freightguy,
It sounds like you want to change your Apple ID. Follow the steps in this link to do so:
Before you change your Apple ID:
Sign out of all Apple features and services that you use with your current Apple ID.
Make sure that the email address you want to use for your Apple ID meets these conditions:
The email address is one that you use regularly, because it will be the primary email address for your Apple ID.
The email address is not associated with any other Apple ID.
The email address is not an iCloud email address, which is already an Apple ID. iCloud email addresses end with @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com.
To change your Apple ID, follow these steps:
Go to My Apple ID (appleid.apple.com), click "Manage your Apple ID", and sign in.
If you have two-step verification turned on, you'll be asked to send a verification code to the trusted device associated with your Apple ID. If you are unable to receive messages at your trusted device, follow the guidelines for what to do if you can't sign in with two-step verification.
In the "Apple ID and Primary Email Address section," click Edit.
Enter the email address you want to use, then click Save Changes. Apple will send a verification email to that address.
Open the email from Apple, then click Verify Now in the email.
When the My Apple ID page opens, sign in with your renamed Apple ID.
If you have two-step verification turned on, you'll be asked to send a verification code to the trusted device associated with your Apple ID.
After you see a message indicating that verification is complete, remember to update all of the stores and services that you use with your Apple ID.
from:
Apple ID: Changing your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5621
If you're instead talking about changing the signed in email address you're using for the Mail app on your iPhone, check out the steps in here:
iOS: Adding an email account
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4810
Have a great day,
Delgadoh

How do i change my primary Apple ID to my alternate email address?my primary email is no longer in use.

How do i change my primary Apple ID to my alternate email address?my primary email is no longer in use.

Becky...
Try here > Frequently Asked Questions About Apple ID

Why can't I set up an apple ID alternate email using my first name and last name?

I am trying to set up an alternate address to my appleID using my first name and last name. It keeps saying it is "rejected" but it gives me no reason. I thought maybe someone was squatting on it, but when I try to send a note to it, it says that it isn't a valid address. Does Apple prevent you from using an iCloud device with your name? Seems odd since it allows other combinations of my name.

Hello amg1957,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If you're trying to add an alternate email address to your Apple ID account, the email needs to be an existing valid email address. To configure an alternate email address with a valid existing email, please follow the directions below.
Alternate email address
You can add one or more alternate email addresses for use with Apple services such as Game Center, FaceTime, Find My Friends, iMessage, and OS X notifications.
Go to My Apple ID (appleid.apple.com).
Select “Manage your Apple ID” and sign in.
Add an alternate address:
Select Add Email Address, then enter your alternate address. Apple will send a verification email to that address. Didn't receive the email?
Follow the instructions in the email to verify the address.
Edit an alternate address:
Select Edit next to the address, then enter the new address. Apple will send a verification email to that address. Didn't receive the email?
Follow the instructions in the email to verify the address.
Delete an alternate address: Select Delete next to the address.
Manage your Apple ID primary, rescue, alternate, and notification email addresses - Apple Support
Take care,
Alex H.

I suddenly cannot email photos from iphoto. I get a box that says "server does not recognize username or password". I now have to use regular email and cannot re-size my photos.

Suddenly I can no longer email photos directly via iphoto mail. The box comes up that says "server does not recognize username or password". I used to be able to re-size my photos before sending so that they jpeg or pixels were larger for publishing in newspapers or magazines, but I can no longer do that. Apple tech support told me to change my iphoto "preferences" to using regular email to send. But that does not allow me to re-size. Is anyone else having this problem? I don't know if there was an update that caused this or what? Please help.

The box comes up that says "server does not recognize username or password".
That error message usually will pop up, when there is a conflict between the "From" setting for the mail account you are sending from and the selected outgoing mail server. Probably the outgoing Mail server is receiving a user name and password it does not understand. When the mail returns unsent, do you see the "Try again" panel with the option to select a different outgoing mail server?
If you do not see this panel, change the Mail "Preferences > General" to "If Outgoing server is unavailable: Show a list of alternate servers". This way, you will know, which server Mail is trying to send from.
Have you tried to set "From" pop-up menu to one of your other email addresses? If that works, change your settings in Mail to always send from this address. You can set this option in the Mail "Preferences > Composing: Send New Messages from". I have my "Send New Messages from" set to "iCloud". That is working best for me with iPhoto.

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