On Monday, 29 October 2007 we wrote…
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
google apps gmail smtp pop quirks
Google Apps is a marv thing. And free too. Since looping our email through Google we’ve been getting much less spam. But I’ve noticed the following quirks:
1. smtp.gmail.com is clever about the From field. The user I authenticate as is the one that shows up in the From field when the message is received. So even if I set the From field to be info@..., if I login as simonb@… The receiver sees email From simonb@… Once you’ve authenticated most services let you set the From field to whatever you like.
2. Mail from me to…
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Mac Postfix sasl_passwd
Here’s a page explaining how to make the sasl_passwd.db file used by Postfix when SMTP relaying mail.
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