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You may want to send an email from your @ulyssis address or one of your forwarders. You can do this using the [https://webmail.ulyssis.org ULYSSIS Webmail] (for other clients see [[Add an alias in Gmail]], [[Add an alias in Thunderbird]] and [[Add an alias in Hotmail/Outlook]])
If you have your own domain, it's very easy to use [[Forwarders]] to forward email from addresses under your own domain to other email addresses at external providers or your ULYSSIS mailbox. While you can always reply with the address of that external provider or the @ulyssis.org address of your mailbox, it's often preferred to also use the address of your own domain when replying to messages or starting conversations. In that case you will want to configure an alias for your forwarder.


# Login into the [https://webmail.ulyssis.org  webinterface] using your ulyssis account and passsword
While you are free to use whatever provider, email application or webmail application you prefer, we have step-by-step manuals available for some specific case. You can find them listed here:
# Go to '''Settings''' (dutch: '''Instellingen''') in the top right
* [[Add an alias in ULYSSIS webmail]]
# Go to '''Identities''' (dutch: '''Identiteiten''')
* [[Add an alias in Thunderbird]]
# Click on the plus sign in the bottom left
* [[Add an alias in Gmail]]
# Fill the alias you want to use in in the '''Email''' (dutch: '''E-mail''') field and the name you want to be displayed in front of the address in the '''Display Name''' (dutch: '''Weergavenaam''') field. All the other fields are optional.
* [[Add an alias in Hotmail/Outlook]])
# Click on '''Save''' (dutch: '''Opslaan''')
 
You can now select the alias when creating an email in the webinterface.


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Revision as of 01:16, 15 August 2022

If you have your own domain, it's very easy to use Forwarders to forward email from addresses under your own domain to other email addresses at external providers or your ULYSSIS mailbox. While you can always reply with the address of that external provider or the @ulyssis.org address of your mailbox, it's often preferred to also use the address of your own domain when replying to messages or starting conversations. In that case you will want to configure an alias for your forwarder.

While you are free to use whatever provider, email application or webmail application you prefer, we have step-by-step manuals available for some specific case. You can find them listed here:

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