On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 06:03:50PM +0200, Bernard Massot wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:48:25AM +0100, Ian Barton wrote:
> > I can confirm that when I send the message it has the correct From
> > header of i...@manor-farm.org. However, the From address for the
> > recipient is always i...@wilkesley.com (my Google app domain). Is
> > this Google's mail server rewriting the From address, or do I have a
> > mutt configuration error?

> Gmail does rewrite From headers. You can prevent this somewhere in
> gmail's configuration interface.

I had this very issue when I started using mutt with google apps
(previously I'd just been using the gmail interface (ugh))

Anyways, it only lets you set your From: header to an address you've
confirmed through the gmail interface, by doing this:

gear icon -> settings -> accounts -> Add another email address you own

Note that the envelope sender of the email will *always* be your primary
address. Even if you have another domain aliased (like I do), you cannot
change your envelope sender address.

Because of this, I now just send my emails out through my colo box, even
though the MX is with google. I need to be able to set my From: and
envelope sender to whatever I want without having to jump through silly
hoops.

I like gmail's spam filtering, but as a general purpose mail service,
its limitations are getting to me a bit. I'd definitely be willing to
pay for extended functionality, but it seems the only real benefits you
get from a paid account are extra storage and additional support.

Anywho, sidetracked, those are the limitations I've found with gmail's
smtp service so far, and likely will be the only ones I find since I am
no longer using it.

-Jeremy

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