Question about site emails

[Mary MacArthur]

I know this board doesn't really fit my question; feel free to move this thread if there's a better place.

The email addresses given for us in the About Us section of the site, um, how do we access them, check for mail and so on? I'm sure I'm supposed to know already, but I don't. ^^;

[Jansina/Ellianna]

Oh--I'm sorry I didn't clarify that before! Those addresses just forward to your usual email address. You might see the @iandfmag.com address in the "to" field, but that's really the only difference.

By the way--if you want to *send* emails using the @iandfmag.com address, there's a way to do that on Gmail. (I'm sure you can with other hosts, too, but I wouldn't know how...Google it?)

-Go to your inbox
-Click the gear button at the top right
-Click "Settings"
-Go to the "Accounts" tab
-Where the "Send Mail As" option is, click "Add another email address you own"
-Put the name you want (probably your pen name) and your @iandfmag.com address--which is your pen name (for instance, mine is [e-mail]; Neri's is [e-mail])
-Make sure "Treat as an alias" is checked (it should default to that)
-Click "next step" then use the "Send through Gmail" option and click "next step" again
-Click "Send Verification"

Since the emails forward to your usual address, that'll show up in a little while...I'd say half hour tops. It might be instant, but sometimes there are delays.

The verification comes and you'll have to click in the email to verify...then you're done! That email will show up then as an option when you're sending emails--you can pick which you want it to be sent from.

If you want it to automatically send from the email it was sent to (for instance, if I email your [e-mail] address), there's an option for that, too--also under the "Accounts" tab, "When replying to a message" choose the "Always reply from the same address the message was sent to". I think that's pretty spiffy.

Questions?