«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 senten

«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:.