GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 740390
[RFE] add account type - alias
Last modified: 2016-10-13 07:47:49 UTC
Hi, I'm using 2-step verification in my gmail. I have there 2 aliases - @gnome.org and @fedoraproject.org. It works from web mail. When I'm adding evolution account I'm trying to use smtp.gmail.com, but it's failing to send messages. I also think having alias type account is good idea. I think it should work so: Add account -> enter mail -> set checkbox if this alias -> choose one of other mails -> finish. After this we will have additional profile, but it will use sending settings from main account.
Thanks for a bug report. This is more like an Identities manager (which is not in evolution yet). Evolution's current way of doing this is to create a separate send-only account, but if you use OAuth, then it's a challenge. There is no UI change of doing so, but it might be possible to do it with the .source files at ~/.config/evolution/sources, I think. Create a new send-only account, using SMTP. Close evolution and any other evolution related processes (ps ax | grep evolution). If you run gnome-shell, then rather logout and run a text terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F3). Search the folder for "Mail Transport" (quotes for clarity only). These are your send-parts of the accounts, you should see one for GMail (configured through GOA) and at least one for just added account (based on the file time). Remember file name of the .source file which refers the GMail send account. Then search the folder for "TransportUid" (quotes for clarity only). The most recent one should refer to the new "alias". Change value of it to match the file name of GMail's SMTP source file, only without the extension ".source". The previous value refers one of the most recent .source files for which the SMTP send-part was created. Saving and logging back to your desktop may give you a chance to send with the new alias.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 605416 ***