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Using thunderbird with an email forwarding service and gmai

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djnewman46
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I use an email address "fred@group.net" that is forwarded to my "fred@gmail.com" address. Incoming messages work without problems. I have tried, without success, to use identities so that outgoing messages show the From information as "fred <fred@group.net>" as I do not want my recipients to see the gmail address. Use of Reply To doesn't help as From still shows the gmail address. Any suggestions? Many thanks

I use an email address "fred@group.net" that is forwarded to my "fred@gmail.com" address. Incoming messages work without problems. I have tried, without success, to use identities so that outgoing messages show the From information as "fred <fred@group.net>" as I do not want my recipients to see the gmail address. Use of Reply To doesn't help as From still shows the gmail address. Any suggestions? Many thanks

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Matt
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set up an SMTP server that uses the server for group.net and use it in the identity..

djnewman46
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Thanks for your reply Matt. group.net is just a domain name that I use as a forwarding service for email so that a change of email 'host' does not necessitate a change of email address for all my contacts. As such, and as I understand it, there is no SMTP server associated with it.

Regards David