1. That is a genius feature. I have about a dozen incoming addresses and being able to control who I'm sending mail as is one reason I haven't stopped using Outlook.

I wonder if it auto-senses which incoming address was used to default the outgoing address. Probably not because it isn't checking a dozen POP3 accounts like my Outlook is. That would be a nice additional feature if they don't have it.

I'll have to test this out...

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Brian Alvey

2. Hey, I think this is a features I have actually requested through their help section... I'm glad to see them realizing it...

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Julian

3. Gmail still sends your actual Gmail address in the Sender: field, it only changes the From: field. As a result, if your Gmail id is "gmuser" and you send mail to an Outlook user as "Yahoo User " it appears in Outlook as:

"gmuser@gmail.com on behalf of Yahoo User "

I don't like this much :(.

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Vikash Shah

4. It seems not everyone has this feature yet, including myself. At first it seemed like excellent news, and I was hoping to be able to stop using Thunderbird - but if it still sends your gmail address in the header then there's not much point.

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by SEO Articles

5. @Vikash

Yeah, I've seen it now... looks not good. My clients use Outlook, so I can't use it that way.

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Julian

6. This is a slick feature, but wouldn't it be nice if they just had the ability to add other addresses when you reply or forward a message?

Any suggestions out there?

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Ron

7.
SEOArticles: thanks for the comment. See my addition to the entry, regarding how the feature behaves in Thunderbird and Yahoo! Mail.

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Brad Hill

8. I think Google will fail using Google talk.

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Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Brian Dylan

9. I've had this feature on my gMail account for some time but I've chosen not to use it primarily because of the reason mentioned in comment # 3.

Unless it's changed since I tried it a while back, the feature simply changes the reply address from your gMail acct to your specified 'From' address. Without changing the 'via' (I can't remember the precise wording) component, it still looks like the mail is coming from a Google account...

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Cory

10. This feature would be much better if they skipped the 'On behalf of'-sender information.

It would in fact be very valuable...

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Mikael

11. I agree - this via issue stops me from using it as well. I did think maybe they were doing to advertise ? but then random people cannot sign up for gmail anyway. and then i thought it was a security issue - however as part of the process they verify that the from email is in fact one of yours. So really Google - please please remove this feature!

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by woody

12. Has anyone else noticed that this feature has disappeared with the same lack of fanfare that it appeared?

I'm still able to use my existing "send as" addresses in Google, but not add or edit them.

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Becky

13. I was looking for this feature and couldn't find it. I finally found it when I changed my language preference from English (uk) to English (us). Language preferences seem to control content as well as language!

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Stephen

14. You say it looks fine in Thunderbird? From my tests, I see my gmail address in Thunderbird, Yahoo Mail, and Outlook.

Totally defeats the purpose of "sending as," really. I want to use the Gmail interface, but manage my other accounts seamlessly. I don't want people know I'm using gmail...and I certainly don't want people to know my gmail address.

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by jxhndxe

15. I've been using this feature all month, and I just found out about the "user@gmail.com on behalf of user@elsewhere.com" problem. That totally sucks! One of the main reasons I started using Gmail was because I could consolidate all of my email in one location while maintaining separate domain name identities. That catch, as well as new limits on attachment sizes is making me consider going back to my old system which was more flexible.

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by johnski

16. Let Google know you donn't like the "on behalf of" on

https://services.google.com/inquiry/gmail_suggest/

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Gina O'Neil

17. Warning to all Gmail users: Gmail can be hacked and hijacked. It happened to me.

But it gets worse, much worse. The “Gmail security Team” responded with such overwhelming incompetence as to make the original attack mild by comparison.

As background, I am a very experienced techie, who has always practiced safe and secure online habits. I was also a fan of Google/Gmail – I understood the bounds of what they seemed to offer and I was trusting of their claim to “make money without doing evil”. Sadly, they have become that which they once despised.

A quick version of what happened is this; like many Gmail users, I was setup to have all new emails forwarded to my primary email account. One morning I noticed an email that had been forwarded to people I didn’t know – from my Gmail account! In a panic I realized that the email that was forwarded contained a stray piece of information from which some banking details could be garnered. Over the next few minutes I looked on in dismay as I started receiving emails confirming my “new” “e-gold” accounts and my attempts to purchase foreign gold!

Seeking assistance with how to stop this crime in progress, I decided to try contacting my “friends” at Gmail whose focus it is to “provide the best user experience possible”. Amazingly, this is when the true nightmare began.

Not only did the Gmail/Google staff respond in a robotic and unhelpful manner, but after confirming the attack, all of my original emails and data were completely eliminated by the “Gmail Team”. That’s right – all of the personal and business data that was entrusted to Gmail has was simply eliminated. Even worse, Gmail made no indication of where the data went, who removed it and why, and who had access to it during their “investigation”.
Please understand, I was a true Google believer. In fact I had encouraged many friends to open a Gmail account. I was even considering installing the new Google desktop search tool on the day of the attack!
Gmail’s response to all of this has been wildly unethical and dangerous. It is very disheartening, but Google seems to have become that which they once despised.

If you of any living breathing human at Gmail, who can even begin to explain this, please let me know. I really don’t think a “they have too many users to keep track of” justification can cut it. This is serious problem – that has hurt real people. At any other large corporation or institution you can always eventually find someone who takes responsibility. Should we really trust our lives to something as faceless and non-responsive as Gmail? The V.P. in charge of Gmail is Jonathan Rosenberg, so I have used his contact info in my preliminary filing with the NWIC/FBI and the IFCC.

Please contact me with any information, experiences, or suggestions. I would be happy to provide you with as much corroborating documentation as you would like. I am just a regular guy going about his business and trying to lead an honest life – I won’t be the last one to have a piece of his security and trust squashed by this emerging monolith.
jeemail@walla.com

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Jeemail Loco

18. I added a new from address using the US language version of Gmail and then switched to the UK version. Now the "on behalf of" message is gone! Hooray

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Grinaldo

19. I added a new from address using the US language version of Gmail and then switched to the UK version. Now the "on behalf of" message is gone! Hooray

Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Grinaldo

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