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Using Gmail as a smart host defeats the point as mentioned in the root comment of this thread: Google can read your email. Google also rewrites the "From:" add

Using Gmail as a smart host defeats the point as mentioned in the root comment of this thread: Google can read your email. Google also rewrites the "From:" address to your Google account's address, unless you jump through some hoops to add it to your account. This has become more difficult recently, and needs to be done for every address (which is an issue if you use single-purpose email addresses).

mrb 8y ago
«Using Gmail as a smart host defeats the point as mentioned in the root comment of this thread: Google can read your email.» Many things wrong with this sentence: • Don't like Google? Then use any of the hundreds of other smart host relays: Sendgrid, OutboundSMTP, etc • The smart host can't read your incoming mail (typically more sensitive than outgoing.) • Google, being a mail provider, can usually read your email anyway, because all your conversations with Gmail users end up in Google's hands. «Google also rewrites the "From:"» Google has multiple smart hosts offerings, but the one I linked to does NOT rewrite the From:.