How to send e-mails from any address using Gmail's SMTP server

Alexander Turcic · 08-30-2005, 04:02 PM

A little while ago Lifehacker posted instruction how you could use Gmail's SMTP server to send mail from any e-mail address. Drawback: Google would always rewrite your From: address back to your original Gmail address, kinda defeating our original idea. Last week then, Google added a new feature allowing Gmail users to add multiple e-mail addys and to choose one from a drop-down list when sending a message via the Gmail interface. What hasn't been mentioned yet is that once you've added another verified e-mail address to your Gmail account, Gmail's SMTP server would happily forward the new From: address! And this is how you do it:

Log in to your Gmail account.
Click 'Settings' along the top of any page, and then select the 'Accounts' tab.
Click 'Add another email address' in the 'Send mail as:' section.
Enter your full name in the 'Name:' field, and the email address you'd like to send messages from in the 'Email address:' field.
Click 'Next Step >>,' and then click 'Send Verification' to complete the process. Gmail will send a verification message to your other email address to confirm that you'd like to add it to your Gmail account.
Now go to your e-mail client software to setup your e-mail account.
Under e-mail address, use one of the verified e-mails you've added to your Gmail account.
Under outgoing mail smtp server, use smtp.gmail.com. Since it requires SMTP authorization, use your Gmail account as username (e.g. yourname@gmail.com) and your Gmail password as password. You can turn TSL on or off.

cbarnett · 08-30-2005, 08:13 PM

Very nice... thanks for the heads up, Alexander.

Craig.

Unregistered · 09-01-2005, 06:27 PM

just a friendly reminder... this works only if you use <gmailusername> as your username. If you log into the smtp server useing <gmailusername>@gmail.com, it will rewrite the from address to your gmail account.

Alexander Turcic · 09-02-2005, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

just a friendly reminder... this works only if you use <gmailusername> as your username. If you log into the smtp server useing <gmailusername>@gmail.com, it will rewrite the from address to your gmail account.

No problem

But it still works fine for me here when authorizing with @gmail.com. Attached two screenshots of my configuration.

Cheers,
Alex

Randeep · 01-20-2006, 01:27 AM

I've tried adding a new e-mail with this method but it still rewrites the e-mail address as of Jan 2006. Maybe GMail has since deactivated this capability?

Too bad if they did because a free SMTP server that's not blocked by ISPs all the time (like mine) would be so sweet.

08-30-2005, 04:02 PM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	How to send e-mails from any address using Gmail's SMTP server A little while ago Lifehacker posted instruction how you could use Gmail's SMTP server to send mail from any e-mail address. Drawback: Google would always rewrite your From: address back to your original Gmail address, kinda defeating our original idea. Last week then, Google added a new feature allowing Gmail users to add multiple e-mail addys and to choose one from a drop-down list when sending a message via the Gmail interface. What hasn't been mentioned yet is that once you've added another verified e-mail address to your Gmail account, Gmail's SMTP server would happily forward the new From: address! And this is how you do it: Log in to your Gmail account. Click 'Settings' along the top of any page, and then select the 'Accounts' tab. Click 'Add another email address' in the 'Send mail as:' section. Enter your full name in the 'Name:' field, and the email address you'd like to send messages from in the 'Email address:' field. Click 'Next Step >>,' and then click 'Send Verification' to complete the process. Gmail will send a verification message to your other email address to confirm that you'd like to add it to your Gmail account. Now go to your e-mail client software to setup your e-mail account. Under e-mail address, use one of the verified e-mails you've added to your Gmail account. Under outgoing mail smtp server, use smtp.gmail.com. Since it requires SMTP authorization, use your Gmail account as username (e.g. yourname@gmail.com) and your Gmail password as password. You can turn TSL on or off.

01-20-2006, 01:27 AM	#5
Randeep Member Posts: 18 Karma: 30000 Join Date: Jan 2006	Has it since changed? I've tried adding a new e-mail with this method but it still rewrites the e-mail address as of Jan 2006. Maybe GMail has since deactivated this capability? Too bad if they did because a free SMTP server that's not blocked by ISPs all the time (like mine) would be so sweet.

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08-30-2005, 08:13 PM	#2
cbarnett MR prodigal son Posts: 1,085 Karma: 1083739 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Very nice... thanks for the heads up, Alexander. Craig.

09-01-2005, 06:27 PM	#3
Unregistered Nameless Being	just a friendly reminder... this works only if you use <gmailusername> as your username. If you log into the smtp server useing <gmailusername>@gmail.com, it will rewrite the from address to your gmail account.

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