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

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Post by mcav »

smanek wrote: post #18
grinich wrote: post #7

Now just for PGP support.

http://getfiregpg.org/ You don't want server side PGP support - you'd have to give your private key to Google. As much as I trust Google, I still don't trust them that much. Much more secure to handle the crypto client side. Ideally, Google should work with the firegpg guy so that he has notice before they change the interface (FireGPG tends to break for a day or two whenever there is any change to the GMail UI).

Perhaps they could employ the HTML5 LocalStorage API to store keys.

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

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Post by snprbob86 »

spydez wrote: post #22

Sadly, not for the free version of Google Apps for Your Domain.

It works! The trick here is that you need to specify your own smtp server but specify "smtp.gmail.com" anyway and for the user name, use the full address: username@yourdomain.com - also, make sure to use SSL. Just tested, works like a charm.

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

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Post by sfk »

mojaam wrote: post #5

I'm also elated for this. Countless times at work, I send an email from gmail using my work/school .edu email and when that mail gets replied and forwarded around back to me with my gmail user name exposed. Not a lot of people know me by my username (which is my gmail) and sometimes I want to keep it that way.

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.

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

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Post by nathos »

trinket wrote: post #13
jonknee wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I wish I could migrate my normal Gmail account (all received email to date, current labels and rules) to my Google Apps for your domain account.

you can use the new Filter Import/Export tool in Gmail Labs to migrate your rules: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-in-labs-filter-imp...

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

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Post by delayclose »

sfk wrote: post #24
mojaam wrote: post #5

I'm also elated for this. Countless times at work, I send an email from gmail using my work/school .edu email and when that mail gets replied and forwarded around back to me with my gmail user name exposed. Not a lot of people know me by my username (which is my gmail) and sometimes I want to keep it that way.

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.

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

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Post by delayclose »

philfreo wrote: post #4
scs wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

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?

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

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Post by delayclose »

This change does not seem to affect secondary gmail accounts: does anyone know of a way to get them to work too? Or is there a technical reason why Google cannot do it?

In case someone does not understand the problem: I have a few gmail addresses that I use in contexts where I don't want to disclose my real name. For convenience, all mail sent to these addresses gets forwarded to my primary account, which does use my real name. But because of the sender field, I can't use my primary account to reply to these mails, which makes the situation quite messy.

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

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Post by pilif »

We heard your request for another option that wouldn't show the "on behalf of" text loud and clear,

right. loud and clear. The imperative word there is probably "heard" - the thread about this on their support forum was started around at the time when gmail began adding support for 3rd party addresses and all the customers got was a mixture between silence and "working as intended".

Don't get me wrong: I'm incredibly happy that this is fixed now, but talking about how well they were listening to their users and how quickly they reacted is borderline cynical.

Sorry. I just had to vent.

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

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Post by zngtk4 »

smanek wrote: post #18
grinich wrote: post #7

Now just for PGP support.

http://getfiregpg.org/ You don't want server side PGP support - you'd have to give your private key to Google. As much as I trust Google, I still don't trust them that much. Much more secure to handle the crypto client side. Ideally, Google should work with the firegpg guy so that he has notice before they change the interface (FireGPG tends to break for a day or two whenever there is any change to the GMail UI).

While I agree that it would be best to not have to give your private key to Google, I think it would be a good start to get all email transmitted using the PGP protocol. Once the emails are being sent like that, those who don't want to trust Google, could more easily do it on the client side since it would be much more in use.

You would probably have to not use Google, since if they are unable to read your email, that kind of destroys their business model.

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