On 24/09/12 18:52, Jeremy Kitchen wrote:
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.
Thanks for the information. I'll go back to using the smtp server on my
Linode box. The reason I switched was I was having problems delivering
to some, but not all, bt.com addresses. There were no errors in my
mail.log, but some recipients weren't receiving email. Like you I want
to be able to set my From and envelope address without having to perform
silly tricks.
