4 ms·
Wow. No one here mentioned the obvious. Transfer your domains to Google Domains. Use the free email alias feature to rewrite your custom domain users into Gmai
by minerva23 5y ago
Wow. No one here mentioned the obvious.
Transfer your domains to Google Domains. Use the free email alias feature to rewrite your custom domain users into Gmail users (or wherever else). Configure Gmail to send from your custom domain.
I do this. It works spectacularly.
- anon1094 5y agoDoes this prevent the whole custom@domain.com via name@gmail.com thing?
- charcircuit 5y agoI'm not sure what you are talking about so I don't think it's a problem as my emails look normal in gmail and it doesn't show anything weird.
- krono 5y agoYou might want to go over some of your email/message/security headers and look for anything unexpected (e.g. actual email address, device names, locations, etc.). The web-interface won't display most of what you'll find in there, with good reason. Finding a way to access those headers from gmail will be a challenge though. Don't think I've ever found that button in the same place twice!
- krehl 5y agoI don't think that this will enable you to send emails that conform to the DMARC standard (using DKIM and SPF). Might be ok for a side project, but in my opinion not enough for a small business.
- minerva23 5y agoYes
- feupan 5y agoThat didn't work for me. My domain is still set up with G Suite with SPF and all so Google is technically fully capable of sending emails on my domain’s behalf, but if I got the "me@example.com via example@gmail.com" text regardless. My setup: 1. log into example@gmail.com 2. set up "Send as me@example.com" with alias 3. enter example@gmail.com as the SMTP username Headers: ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of example@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.41 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=example@gmail.com Return-Path: <example@gmail.com> From: Me <me@example.com>
- doctoboggan 5y agoCan I do this for multiple accounts? Do you k ow if there is a description of this solution online somewhere?
- charcircuit 5y agoYes, but you have to manually set up each account (eg. name1@example com) you want to send mail from to verify that you own the account.
- doctoboggan 5y agoWould it work for others in my family, without me being able to read all their emails?
- charcircuit 5y agoYes, each email alias can be set to forward messages to a different address.
- minerva23 5y agoThere's a limit of 100. https://domains.google/learn/how-to-use-email-forwarding/ https://domains.google/learn/how-to-use-email-forwarding/
- maxwelldone 5y agoCan you really configure to send from the forwarded address? From the faq[0] page: "When you need to both receive and reply to emails from a custom address, and unlock other professional features, upgrade to Google Workspace." [0]https://domains.google/learn/how-to-use-email-forwarding/ https://domains.google/learn/how-to-use-email-forwarding/
- charcircuit 5y agoI've done it just fine without Google workspace and people get my mail just fine.
- seanwilson 5y agoThere's a special reason to use Google Domains or it's just an example? Don't most registrars have web forwarding and mail sending features?
- minerva23 5y agoI don't know other registrars offerings, but OP was particularly concerned about using Gmail (or something like it) and having good deliverability, which makes Google Domains + Gmail the right solution in my mind.
- davidgh 5y agoWhich SMTP server do you use for sending? Are you able to use Gmail's SMTP servers with your setup?
- minerva23 5y agoYes, gmail's. You set a SPF record authorizing it.
- hammyhavoc 5y agoPlenty of people would rather stick to dealing with ICANN's pricing directly via CloudFlare.