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title: Setup Mail Alias on your Android phone (K9)
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# Setup
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First of, open K9 and go to your accounts settings
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![](en/identity_settings.png)
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When in Settings, go to ** "Sending Mail"** tab, tap on ** "Manage Identities"**.
![](en/identity_settings2.png)
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Select ** "New identity"** by tapping the "three dot" icon on top right.
*(Every disroot user by default has an username@disr.it alias he can use)*
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![](en/identity_settings3.png)
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And fill in the form providing the new alias adress.
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![](en/identity_settings4.png)
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# Set default
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To change the default identity, while still in ** "Manage Identities"** settings, just tap and hold the alias you want to set and select ** "Move to top / make default"** option.
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![](en/identity_settings5.png)
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# Send email
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To send email with your new alias, just tap on the ** "Form"** field and select alias you want to use from the dropdown menu, when composing your mail.