Gmail name change?

[Steven R. Ringwald]

On 1/8/2009 3:23 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>      I am using Gmail and have it in IMAP service to this computer and my
> laptops Thunderbird. It works fine and I am known as my Gmail user
> klarsen1 at gmail.com which is no problem for now.
>
>      But in the near future I would like to do something that causes me
> and the email reader to think it is from k5di at zianet.com. Is there
> anything I can do to Thunderbird or the Windows Internet Express to
> accomplish this? Can I do it at Gmail?
I am using GMail as my outgoing mail server and thunderbird as my email 
client. I have told GMail to allow me to use asric at asric.com as a valid 
outgoing address.

In GMail, you go to Settings > Accounts > Send Mail As and add a new 
alias. GMail will send an email to the address specified verifying that 
"you" own it, and after that, GMail's servers will accept that as a From 
address. (The Email address specified in accounts).

I hope that this helps.
Steve