# Admin - Email



## Alias Setup


Well //an// identity, you can have many
Thus its incredibly important
[This talk is incredibly useful for a good overview][1]
[We have SPF, DKIM and DMARK][4]


## Aliases



Delivering to //your// mailbox is all good and grand
But what if you want to be someone else?
Such as a service account, for example: ``root[at symbol]skynet.ie``
Thankfully that is possible (if you are given access)
[We have aliases set up for stuff like that][2]
So anyone in these groups gets mail from these addresses sent to them
These (in our case) get sent to a subfolder in our inboxes
But what if we want to send mail as the service account?
In [Thunderbird][3] it is relatively easy
Sign into your Skynet account on Thunderbird
Select ``Settings`` (bottom right)
![img.png](9_email/settings.png)
Select ``Account Setttings``
![img_1.png](9_email/settings_account.png)
Select your Skynet email then ``Manage Identities``
![img_2.png](9_email/settings_account_page.png)
This screen has all your current Identities
Select ``Add``
![img_3.png](9_email/manage_identities.png)
Add yer ``Name``, ``Email Address`` you want to alias and select ``OK``
![img_4.png](9_email/manage_identity.png)
In this example I would be able to send mail as ``this_is_a_real_email[at symbol]skynet.ie``
(if I was actually allowed to do so)



[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGfahzt-4Q
[2]: https://forgejo.skynet.ie/Skynet/nixos/src/commit/26e715b2f62e406deee5e773ebcc3e3c3d200186/applications/email.nix#L31-L91
[3]: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/
[4]: https://forgejo.skynet.ie/Skynet/nixos/src/commit/26e715b2f62e406deee5e773ebcc3e3c3d200186/applications/email.nix#L314-L343



[original]: https://forgejo.skynet.ie/Computer_Society/presentations_compsoc/src/branch/main/src/slides/skynet/9_email.md