Identities and signatures
An identity is an address you send from, with the name, signature and extras that go with it. One account can have several identities: your own address, a shared team address, an alias. Loupe picks the right one for replies by itself.
Manage identities
Go to Settings › account › Identities.
- The first identity is the default for new messages from this account. Drag the handles to change the order.
- Add Identity creates a new one.
- Tap an identity to edit it, then tap Done.
If you leave the editor with unsaved changes, Loupe asks whether to Save Identity or Discard Changes.
Identities imported from Thunderbird arrive with the account.
What an identity holds
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Name | The name recipients see |
| The address messages go out from | |
| Reply-To | Optional. Replies to your messages go to this address instead |
| Signature | Added below a “– “ line in messages from this identity |
| Copy to Myself | Optional Cc and Bcc addresses added to every message from this identity |
| Use for Replies To | Addresses or patterns this identity answers for (see below) |
Delete Identity removes an identity. Messages already sent from it stay as they are. An account needs at least one identity.
Note: The email address must be one your mail server lets you send from. Loupe doesn’t check this; a server that refuses it says so when you send, and the message waits in the Outbox.
Signatures
Each identity has its own signature, in plain text. Loupe adds it to new messages, replies and forwards, below a “– “ line (the standard signature separator, which mail apps recognise).
To add or change a signature: Settings › account › Identities › tap the identity › Signature, type it, and tap Done.
When you change the From address while writing, Loupe swaps the signature, and the identity’s automatic Cc and Bcc, for those of the new identity.
Replies go out from the right address
When you reply to or forward a message, Loupe picks the identity it was sent to. It checks, in this order:
- your identities among the message’s To and Cc recipients;
- the delivery headers your server added (such as Delivered-To), which reveal the address even when you were in Bcc or the mail came through a forwarding address;
- plus-addresses of your identities, such as
me+shop@example.comforme@example.com; - the Use for Replies To patterns of your identities;
- the account’s default identity.
It looks in the message’s own account first, then in your other accounts.
When you Reply All, Loupe leaves the address you reply from out of the recipients.
Use for Replies To
Patterns let one identity answer for many addresses. In the identity editor, tap Add Address or Pattern and enter an address, or a pattern where * stands for anything:
| Pattern | Matches |
|---|---|
*@example.com |
every address at example.com, as on a catch-all domain |
me+*@example.com |
every plus-address of me@example.com |
sales@example.com |
that one address |
Entering @example.com or example.com is the same as *@example.com.
Catch-all aliases
If you give out a different address to every shop or service at your own domain, you don’t need an identity for each one. When a message was sent to an address that isn’t one of your identities but is clearly yours (an address at a domain your account uses, or a plus-address of an identity), Loupe offers to answer from it:
- In the composer, a line asks “Reply from address?” (or “Send from address?”). Tap it to use that address, or tap its close button to ignore it.
- In the From picker, the address appears as “Reply from address”, marked “Not saved as an identity”. It uses your default identity’s name and signature.
- Save as Identity in the From picker keeps it as a proper identity.
Public mail domains such as gmail.com and outlook.com never count as yours, and neither does the sender’s own domain.