[Cialug] Using Google SMTP and retaining return address

Jeffrey Ollie jeff at ocjtech.us
Mon Dec 26 17:01:29 CST 2016


On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 2:44 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> Have used Gmail SMTP before and never liked the way it rewrote the return
> address to match the gmail account.
>
> Is there a way to prevent this?
>

Nope. That's the way GMail works. It's not meant to be used as a
general-purpose SMTP gateway. Google doesn't want scammers to be able to
spoof email addresses and hijack the reputation of the Google SMTP servers.

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Jeff Ollie
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