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Word of advice for anybody doing this: make sure you have a way to SEND email using one of your aliased addresses - because one day you will find a critical ser

Word of advice for anybody doing this: make sure you have a way to SEND email using one of your aliased addresses - because one day you will find a critical service provider can't process your emailed attachments unless sent from your registered email address (e.g. insurance claim document, bank documents, etc.)

nathancahill 5y ago
If it's handled by Google Workspace, it's easy to add additional "Send as" addresses.
discardedrefuse 5y ago
I do what OP does and your comment gave my cause for concern. I just checked with my email provider and, luckily, it seems I can create Send Identities to solve this issue. Thanks for bringing this to my attention though!
jlund-molfese 5y ago
And make sure you can easily fetch new emails on demand! I had a Migadu-Gmail setup, but the Gmail app and mobile site only pulled from the POP3 server every 30 minutes or something. Which was fine until I had to verify my identity in-person at a Verizon store to cancel service and had to explain why I wouldn't be able to receive a verification email to verizon@mydomain for a while. Also annoying for my 401(k) which uses SMS for 2FA and makes the codes expire after 2 minutes. Since then I've switched to a custom domain with iCloud, which unfortunately doesn't support catch-all addresses at all, but is more reliable and faster.
- pizzapill 5y ago
  You can manually fetch emails from external accounts via the Gmail settings - Accounts. I'm not sure if this is available in the app but it's available on the (desktop) page. It's a hassle but there is a way in tight situations.
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the8472 5y ago
Thunderbird supports custom From: addresses in the mail compose window.
- e12e 5y ago
  But, your mail might bounce without proper sfp setup. (preventing random from like in the good old days (president@whitehouse.gov) is pretty much the raison d'être for sfp... For better or worse).
  - the8472 5y ago
    That's not relevant for the discussion in this thread where we already assume you have a custom domain with catchall inbox setup. The custom From is still needed to be able to actually send from any address on that domain.
    - e12e 5y ago
      Yes, and part of that setup is proper sfp setup? Eg allow sending from Gmail with a from on your domain?
      - the8472 5y ago
        I don't see how it's specific to sending from thunderbird. It's a general issue if you want to use a domain for mailing.
        e12e 5y ago
        It's not spesific to the mua, no. But as thread starter (ed: first responder) said: > Word of advice for anybody doing this: make sure you have a way to SEND email using one of your aliased addresses So a) you need a mua like thunderbird that let's you set FROM header - and b) your domain need to be setup to allow your smtp server(s) to send from your domain (sfp).
- psd1 5y ago
propogandist 5y ago
fastmail supports this, but only if using their [web] app or website.
greenail 5y ago
you can make unique addresses so they can be transparently replied to in any mail reader (including gmail/web). It takes a bit of work but is worth it. I've been using the system I built to do it for over 5 years.

nathancahill 5y ago

If it's handled by Google Workspace, it's easy to add additional "Send as" addresses.

discardedrefuse 5y ago

I do what OP does and your comment gave my cause for concern. I just checked with my email provider and, luckily, it seems I can create Send Identities to solve this issue. Thanks for bringing this to my attention though!

jlund-molfese 5y ago

And make sure you can easily fetch new emails on demand! I had a Migadu-Gmail setup, but the Gmail app and mobile site only pulled from the POP3 server every 30 minutes or something. Which was fine until I had to verify my identity in-person at a Verizon store to cancel service and had to explain why I wouldn't be able to receive a verification email to verizon@mydomain for a while. Also annoying for my 401(k) which uses SMS for 2FA and makes the codes expire after 2 minutes. Since then I've switched to a custom domain with iCloud, which unfortunately doesn't support catch-all addresses at all, but is more reliable and faster.

pizzapill 5y ago
You can manually fetch emails from external accounts via the Gmail settings - Accounts. I'm not sure if this is available in the app but it's available on the (desktop) page. It's a hassle but there is a way in tight situations.
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the8472 5y ago

Thunderbird supports custom From: addresses in the mail compose window.

e12e 5y ago
But, your mail might bounce without proper sfp setup. (preventing random from like in the good old days (president@whitehouse.gov) is pretty much the raison d'être for sfp... For better or worse).
- the8472 5y ago
  That's not relevant for the discussion in this thread where we already assume you have a custom domain with catchall inbox setup. The custom From is still needed to be able to actually send from any address on that domain.
  - e12e 5y ago
    Yes, and part of that setup is proper sfp setup? Eg allow sending from Gmail with a from on your domain?
    - the8472 5y ago
      I don't see how it's specific to sending from thunderbird. It's a general issue if you want to use a domain for mailing.
      - e12e 5y ago
        It's not spesific to the mua, no. But as thread starter (ed: first responder) said: > Word of advice for anybody doing this: make sure you have a way to SEND email using one of your aliased addresses So a) you need a mua like thunderbird that let's you set FROM header - and b) your domain need to be setup to allow your smtp server(s) to send from your domain (sfp).
psd1 5y ago

propogandist 5y ago

fastmail supports this, but only if using their [web] app or website.

greenail 5y ago

you can make unique addresses so they can be transparently replied to in any mail reader (including gmail/web). It takes a bit of work but is worth it. I've been using the system I built to do it for over 5 years.