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Re: Gmail: Send mail from another address without "on behalf of"

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Post by zngtk4 » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 12:25 PM UTC

jonknee wrote: post #6

philfreo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's useful because if you're using Gmail to manage email from your own domain(s), and have a non-Gmail primary email address, now people receiving your email won't have to know that you're using Gmail. Often I would get people start using my Gmail account even though I was sending mail from my own domain's email address. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/30/gmail-kisses-on-behalf-...

Google Apps for your domain can help you out--use Gmail and your domain all at once.

What if you have multiple domains?

Re: Gmail: Send mail from another address without "on behalf of"

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Post by sfk » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 12:44 PM UTC

delayclose wrote: post #26

sfk wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you don't want your username exposed. On the other hand, some people do not like to reply to Gmail addresses because they don't want their mail to be scanned by an advertising company.

Forwarding email from a random address to a gmail address has been possible as long as gmail has existed. It's not a feature that depends upon Google support.

I did not claim that forwarding email is a novelty. I'm against people using it in this very specific case.

Re: Gmail: Send mail from another address without "on behalf of"

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Post by andrewf » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 12:52 PM UTC

scs wrote: post #3

thinkzig wrote: post #2

Finally. I've been asking for this for years. Allowing you to authenticate against another SMTP server always seemed like such an easy win for them and I couldn't understand why they didn't just do it. But I guess I'm not the one supporting millions of people on my platform. :) This makes GMail an even stronger candidate now to replace a desktop mail client in my book. Thanks, Google.

Why is this feature so important to you? Perhaps I can learn something useful.

Another reason this matters: some places/domains require email to be directed through their auth'd SMTP servers. It means they can do things like sign all emails, or guarantee that all emails you send to people at the same workplace will be encrypted whenever they're transmitted over the public internet.

Re: Gmail: Send mail from another address without "on behalf of"

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Post by Goladus » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 12:52 PM UTC

delayclose wrote: post #27

philfreo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's useful because if you're using Gmail to manage email from your own domain(s), and have a non-Gmail primary email address, now people receiving your email won't have to know that you're using Gmail. Often I would get people start using my Gmail account even though I was sending mail from my own domain's email address. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/30/gmail-kisses-on-behalf-...

Just so you know, you can still see the email originated from gmail; you just don't get to see the gmail username. Probably not a huge issue, though?

Right. The first time I noticed the issue, I sent email to my landlord at the time (who was an older guy, a police officer and not all that technically-inclined). He saw my gmail username and somehow thought it was my last name. I thought I was sending him an email from "@.com"

But yeah, I don't care if someone can open up the headers and trace it back to gmail. I don't want (a) people getting confused; and (b) to have to reveal my gmail address every time I send mail with their client.