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How to turn off "on behalf of" in Gmail
To fix the issue, you just have to set up your alternate account to use its own mailserver instead of Google's. Go to "accounts" in your Gmail settings, and under "Send Mail As," you should see your alternate addresses. Click "edit info" and "next step," and you should find the option to send using your own SMTP server.
You'll just need to enter the username and password, and you're good to go. Goodbye, "on behalf of!"
[via Lifehacker]
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Subscribe to commentsloddvsJul 31st 2009 11:41AM
what if I have multiple gmail accounts consolidated? Is there a way to stop it from saying
"from xxx@gmail.com on behalf of yyy@gmail.com"
halophoenixJul 31st 2009 2:46PM
That's exactly what this does.
aanidaaniJul 31st 2009 1:03PM
This is useful, but whenever I send an email Gmail doesn't save a copy in my "Sent Messages" folder now...
chuckbJul 31st 2009 2:16PM
I just did this from a gmail account consolidated to another gmail account and it still shows 'on behalf of'
unmutual1Jul 31st 2009 2:34PM
Similar to the 1st comment, how do you get it to work with a Google Apps e-mail address? I can't get it to work.
Trinae A RossAug 5th 2009 8:38PM
I use my company through Google's mail servers and have yet to see the "Sent on behalf of" message. When you set up your mail. Do you use your user name as name@companyname.domain? Here is what I do in Outlook 2007:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=77689
It is important that you select the whole configure manually setting. Hope it helps.
Bryan PriceJul 31st 2009 5:48PM
I think the whole "on behalf of..." needs to go. Period.
schmitt.happensAug 5th 2009 1:00PM
are you being deliberately obtuse? That is what this does!
Bryan PriceAug 5th 2009 3:12PM
But you have to send it through a different SMTP server. I would just rather have it gone. Period. No set up, no sending emails through another server, not one more thing to have f---ed up.
And notice that it still does it for other Gmail accounts (since the SMTP server hasn't actually changed).
allan@king.co.ukSep 8th 2009 2:56PM
As aanidaani says, if the SMTP server is changed, sent e-mails no longer go through Google's SMTP server and do not appear in Google Sent Mail. Which means they are not available in all the devices - phone, laptop etc. - that I use. sadly, this makes the workaround useless for me.
allan@king.co.ukSep 8th 2009 3:03PM
Ah! How can I get a username and stop this board showing my e-mail address, please??