Michael Lake wrote:
Phil Scarratt wrote:
I meant I have used gmail's SMTP server to send from an email client
on a laptop before, the laptop connecting to the internet with
different internet connections depending on the country at the time.
The from address was not gmail's - I can't specifically remember now
but I think gmail may have added an extra header to indicate that it
was sent via gmail. No copying and pasting or anything. Download the
mail from your domain's mailbox, read it with whatever you want, reply
and send it via gmail's servers (from memory it was an authenticated,
encrypted connection to a non-standard SMTP port).
I didn't understand your suggestion at first as I didnt know one could
use gmail for this. I googled and have found this very easily.
"Set your POP client to route outbound mail to smtp.google.com with port
465 and SSL enabled and use your Gmail login credentials. "
and also here:
http://lifehacker.com/software/email-apps/how-to-use-gmail-as-your-smtp-server-111166.php
I'll try this at home tonight or when I get a chance.
This goes to show that making a post here can be so rewarding. Thanks Phil.
Your welcome! Just check out the extra header - it doesn't interfere
with the regular email stuff (replying, sending, etc), but I think some
clients will display extra, non-standard headers which may make your
email not look professional (Thunderbird I think displayed the extra
header, not sure about others). This could well have changed by now
anyway. The only other thing to be aware of is that I think any mail
sent through gmail gets stored in your gmail sent mailbox - not likely
to be a problem as google account storage must be close to 3GB by now.
Fil
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