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4 gmail accts., send from Y, recipient sees sent from W. Outgoing server settings seem correct. Thought earlier question on this was solved, it was not. Help!

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Listed below are the outgoing server descriptions (four) appearing for my gmail accounts. When I send emails from Account Y, the recipients receive them as coming from Account W. These accounts are listed under the Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings in the following order:

gmail – W smtp.gmail.com gmail – X smtp.gmail.com gmail – Y smtp.gmail.com (Default) gmail – Z smtp.gmail.com

In this list “Delete” is enabled for all except Y which has a (Default) designation. I cannot delete that (Default) designation. Following are the outgoing server specifications for each account. I am unable to discern what I am doing wrong that ends up having Y emails appearing to be sent as W emails. Thoughts?


                  Description: gmail - W
               Server Name: smtp.gmail.com
                             Port: 587
                  User Name: W@gmail.com

Authentication Method: Normal Password

    Connection Security: STARTTLS

                  Description: gmail - X
               Server Name: smtp.gmail.com
                           Port: 587
                  User Name: X@gmail.com

Authentication Method: Normal Password

    Connection Security:  STARTTLS

                 Description: gmail - Y
               Server Name: smtp.gmail.com
                             Port: 587
                  User Name: Y@gmail.com

Authentication Method: Normal Password

    Connection Security: STARTTLS

                  Description: gmail - Z                                           
               Server Name: smtp.gmail.com
                             Port: 587
                  User Name: Z@gmail.com

Authentication Method: Normal Password

    Connection Security: STARTTLS
Listed below are the outgoing server descriptions (four) appearing for my gmail accounts. When I send emails from Account Y, the recipients receive them as coming from Account W. These accounts are listed under the Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings in the following order: gmail – W smtp.gmail.com gmail – X smtp.gmail.com gmail – Y smtp.gmail.com (Default) gmail – Z smtp.gmail.com In this list “Delete” is enabled for all except Y which has a (Default) designation. I cannot delete that (Default) designation. Following are the outgoing server specifications for each account. I am unable to discern what I am doing wrong that ends up having Y emails appearing to be sent as W emails. Thoughts? Description: gmail - W Server Name: smtp.gmail.com Port: 587 User Name: W@gmail.com Authentication Method: Normal Password Connection Security: STARTTLS ---------------------------------------- Description: gmail - X Server Name: smtp.gmail.com Port: 587 User Name: X@gmail.com Authentication Method: Normal Password Connection Security: STARTTLS ------------------------------------ Description: gmail - Y Server Name: smtp.gmail.com Port: 587 User Name: Y@gmail.com Authentication Method: Normal Password Connection Security: STARTTLS ---------------------------------------- Description: gmail - Z Server Name: smtp.gmail.com Port: 587 User Name: Z@gmail.com Authentication Method: Normal Password Connection Security: STARTTLS

Réiteach roghnaithe

You are not using the correct smtp server.

Please post the following as images.

Tools > Account Settings > Outgoing Server (SMTP) select: the Y account smtp server Post image of this window

In left Pane select Y account select: Account Y mail account Post image of this window

If you feel you do not want to display any image containing your User Name, then I would suggest you send an email to me with images as attachments. Do not alter anything in the images. Email: mail at anje dot co dot uk

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Now,when I attempt to send an email from Y, I am asked for the password of W.

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

You are not using the correct smtp server.

Please post the following as images.

Tools > Account Settings > Outgoing Server (SMTP) select: the Y account smtp server Post image of this window

In left Pane select Y account select: Account Y mail account Post image of this window

If you feel you do not want to display any image containing your User Name, then I would suggest you send an email to me with images as attachments. Do not alter anything in the images. Email: mail at anje dot co dot uk

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Thank you, Toad-Hall.

Following your suggested links enabled me to solve the problem I was having.