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Gmail's handling of multiple accounts is just about the poorest I've seen in any email client. Even Microsoft Outlook handles multiple accounts better!

by aed 14y ago

ebcase 14y ago
Mailplane 3 (for Mac) is a great solution to this problem — http://beta.mailplaneapp.com/kb/getting-started/welcome-to-mailplane-3 http://beta.mailplaneapp.com/kb/getting-started/welcome-to-m...
- DeepDuh 14y ago
  How about Mail.app?
pkamb 14y ago
The worst is their abysmal "On Behalf of:" handling when sending as an @gmail.com address from another @gmail.com address. There is no way around having your "main" email end up in plaintext in the header of every email you send as the "anonymous" email. And anyone replying to you via Outlook replies to the main address. You can send as @yahoo or @hotmail addresses with no evidence of your main gmail account, but for some reason they don't let you with a second gmail address.
- gabemart 14y ago
  Where does this "On Behalf of:" text appear? I just tested this, and sending an "on behalf of" email to another gmail account doesn't result in this text appearing anywhere in the gmail client. The original mail address appears in the headers under "Sender:" with the alias mail address appearing under "From:". However, if you open the email in gmail and don't check the headers manually, there's no indication it's not from the alias address. Replying to such an email, the "To:" field populates properly with the alias address.
  - krakensden 14y ago
    I have a client company who uses exchange, it generates that line, instead of the more old school On Oct 99, 2012, at 3:33 PM, KrakensDen yawped:
  - pkamb 14y ago
    In gmail, you'll be able to see the person's "secret" main email address in the `Sender:` field after clicking `Show Original`. The real annoyance is Outlook. If someone responds to that email via Outlook/Exchange, the reply will be sent `To:` your main email address rather than to the address you sent with.
ams6110 14y ago
Probably because they really don't want you to have other accounts, they want all your email are belong to us.

Gmail's handling of multiple accounts is just about the poorest I've seen in any email client. Even Microsoft Outlook handles multiple accounts better!

by aed 14y ago

Gmail's handling of multiple accounts is just about the poorest I've seen in any email client. Even Microsoft Outlook handles multiple accounts better!

ebcase 14y ago

Mailplane 3 (for Mac) is a great solution to this problem — http://beta.mailplaneapp.com/kb/getting-started/welcome-to-mailplane-3 http://beta.mailplaneapp.com/kb/getting-started/welcome-to-m...

DeepDuh 14y ago
How about Mail.app?

pkamb 14y ago

The worst is their abysmal "On Behalf of:" handling when sending as an @gmail.com address from another @gmail.com address. There is no way around having your "main" email end up in plaintext in the header of every email you send as the "anonymous" email. And anyone replying to you via Outlook replies to the main address. You can send as @yahoo or @hotmail addresses with no evidence of your main gmail account, but for some reason they don't let you with a second gmail address.

gabemart 14y ago
Where does this "On Behalf of:" text appear? I just tested this, and sending an "on behalf of" email to another gmail account doesn't result in this text appearing anywhere in the gmail client. The original mail address appears in the headers under "Sender:" with the alias mail address appearing under "From:". However, if you open the email in gmail and don't check the headers manually, there's no indication it's not from the alias address. Replying to such an email, the "To:" field populates properly with the alias address.
- krakensden 14y ago
  I have a client company who uses exchange, it generates that line, instead of the more old school On Oct 99, 2012, at 3:33 PM, KrakensDen yawped:
- pkamb 14y ago
  In gmail, you'll be able to see the person's "secret" main email address in the `Sender:` field after clicking `Show Original`. The real annoyance is Outlook. If someone responds to that email via Outlook/Exchange, the reply will be sent `To:` your main email address rather than to the address you sent with.

ams6110 14y ago

Probably because they really don't want you to have other accounts, they want all your email are belong to us.