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Can i stop my gmail account appearing against my name in outgoing emails?

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Kevin000
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Hi I have my own personal email address that I have had for some time. My new ISP doesn't have an SMTP server (I'll know to ask next time I change!), so I set up a gmail account to use this as an smtp server. This is working fine and the return address setting is correct. The only annoyance is that my name on outgoing emails is appearing as "kevinxxx <kevinxxx@gmail.com>". Some people are clicking on this hyperlink instead of reply. Is there a way of setting this outgoing name to my return address?

Thanks

Kevin

Hi I have my own personal email address that I have had for some time. My new ISP doesn't have an SMTP server (I'll know to ask next time I change!), so I set up a gmail account to use this as an smtp server. This is working fine and the return address setting is correct. The only annoyance is that my name on outgoing emails is appearing as "kevinxxx <kevinxxx@gmail.com>". Some people are clicking on this hyperlink instead of reply. Is there a way of setting this outgoing name to my return address? Thanks Kevin

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If you use GMail's SMTP service, the "From:" address will always be replaced by the account you're using, there is no way around it.

For more details see this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1332510/how-to-change-from-address-when-using-gmail-smtp-server

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Fabián Rodríguez
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Chosen Solution

If you use GMail's SMTP service, the "From:" address will always be replaced by the account you're using, there is no way around it.

For more details see this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1332510/how-to-change-from-address-when-using-gmail-smtp-server

Kevin000
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Hi Fabian

Thanks for the quick reply, I'll investigate the options in your link.

Kevin