Yes, this is intended. Create a new admin email address and ask users for their information. We include this information to balance being able to send emails from logged in users, and allowing users to recognize if GAE apps are spoofing their emails.
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:12 AM, l.denardo <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > I'm cross posting from general GAE group since it's a major issue and > related to Java API use. > > I have an application deployed in GAE (Java) using Mail API. > The app is restricted in access to users from my Google Apps domain. > To receive feedback from users, I send from client (GWT + gwt > dispatch) an action containing a subject and message. > On server side I prepare an email message, set the logged in user as > the sender and send the message to a mail group. Code follows, User > management is backed by UserService > > Message msg = new MimeMessage(session); > String userID = authenticator.getCurrentUserIdentifier(); > msg.setFrom(new > InternetAddress(authenticator.getUserDetails(userID).getEmail())); > msg.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, > new > InternetAddress("[email protected]")); > msg.setSubject(action.getTitle()); > msg.setText(action.getMessage() ); > Transport.send(msg); > > The point is that users can find that email in their "sent mail" > folder in Google Mail, even if they didn't actively send the message > by themselves (they use a GWT developed form, not a mail agent). > > I would like to know if this is an attended behaviour, and if it can > be turned off in some way: I think it's a bit disappointing for users > to find mails they did not send in their own folders, since this can > lead the user to think our app can take control over their personal > folders, which is in fact not true. > > Java mail documentation in > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/mail/ > did not help. > > Thanks for clarification > Regards > Lorenzo > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine-java%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine Blog: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
