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Question

Email Issue

Apr 25, 2012 12:31PM PDT

I use a different name with my gmail account but yet after 3 emails to someone i'd rather not share my name with my name appears on the 3rd email how does this happen?Please advise.

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Clarification Request
one wonders how you are accessing Gmail
Apr 25, 2012 10:37PM PDT

Care to share?

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response one
Apr 25, 2012 11:49PM PDT

i may be unclear, but i put out 2-3 email answers to people then my name that i have registered to the computer appears on the 4th email.i prefer to use my other identity for privacy reasons.

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One wonder how you are accessing Gmail
Apr 26, 2012 8:09AM PDT

Are you going directly to the Gmail website with a web browser or are you using OS X Mail to send and receive mail.

Care to share?

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answer 2
Apr 26, 2012 8:54AM PDT

hi i am using both google and the mail program that comes with this Mac (OS10 Lion) but the google account i want to use as my main email.

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So for the Web GMAIL you did the work?
Apr 26, 2012 9:06AM PDT