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This is not a general issue with delivering mail to Gmail users. This is not even a mailing list. He is using Gmail as a backend to his own mail setup. His emp

by blfr 12y ago

This is not a general issue with delivering mail to Gmail users. This is not even a mailing list. He is using Gmail as a backend to his own mail setup. His employees want to receive mail sent to @dnalounge.com in their Gmail inboxes. It's a non-standard configuration and brittle. You can't really expect them to support it for free. Google offers a couple of supported ways to do it. Most prominently: pay for Google Apps. But you can also use Gmail like a regular mail client and retrieve mail using POP3.

protomyth 12y ago
"He is using Gmail as a backend to his own mail setup" No, he is using a normal forward for those who want to receive their mail at gmail. He is not using gmail as his backend. You should read the original article.
- blfr 12y ago
  I did read the article and that's exactly what he's doing. He forwards everything to Gmail, and then allows users to send from Gmail via his SMTP server (or maybe doing some spoofing but it wouldn't look so clean). Essentially outsourcing hosting of inboxes (but just inboxes) to Gmail. I run my own mail server, but most of my employees use Gmail. So I have forwarding set up: employee@dnalounge.com simply forwards to employee@gmail.com. When sending mail using their Gmail account, they set their From line to employee@dnalounge.com. (Google lets you do this if you jump through some hoops to verify that you can actually receive mail at that account.)
  - protomyth 12y ago
    And that is the description for a fairly normal "forward all my mail to my personal inbox" scenario. Its not rocket science and it is not using gmail as his backend. We do it with part-time faculty.
  - karlshea 12y ago
    You are misunderstanding what is happening. He is not using Gmail, his employees are.
    - blfr 12y ago
      Those are Gmail accounts belonging to his employees but he is using them in the back of his mail setup instead of hosting @dnalounge.com inboxes himself (or paying Google to).
      - rottingchris 12y ago
        He doesn't use them. His employees chose to forward their email because they want to use the same interface for both their work and personal email. He does host @dnalounge.com inboxes.

by blfr 12y ago

protomyth 12y ago

"He is using Gmail as a backend to his own mail setup" No, he is using a normal forward for those who want to receive their mail at gmail. He is not using gmail as his backend. You should read the original article.

blfr 12y ago
I did read the article and that's exactly what he's doing. He forwards everything to Gmail, and then allows users to send from Gmail via his SMTP server (or maybe doing some spoofing but it wouldn't look so clean). Essentially outsourcing hosting of inboxes (but just inboxes) to Gmail. I run my own mail server, but most of my employees use Gmail. So I have forwarding set up: employee@dnalounge.com simply forwards to employee@gmail.com. When sending mail using their Gmail account, they set their From line to employee@dnalounge.com. (Google lets you do this if you jump through some hoops to verify that you can actually receive mail at that account.)
- protomyth 12y ago
  And that is the description for a fairly normal "forward all my mail to my personal inbox" scenario. Its not rocket science and it is not using gmail as his backend. We do it with part-time faculty.
- karlshea 12y ago
  You are misunderstanding what is happening. He is not using Gmail, his employees are.
  - blfr 12y ago
    Those are Gmail accounts belonging to his employees but he is using them in the back of his mail setup instead of hosting @dnalounge.com inboxes himself (or paying Google to).
    - rottingchris 12y ago
      He doesn't use them. His employees chose to forward their email because they want to use the same interface for both their work and personal email. He does host @dnalounge.com inboxes.