Gmail Custom Domain Email

Discussions center on configuring Gmail to handle custom domain emails via forwarding, aliases, and 'send as' features, including workarounds for sender rewriting, SPF issues, and alternatives like Fastmail.

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flakeoil Oct 1, 2025 View on HN

Or forward your gmail to another proper email domain.

lathiat Jan 12, 2019 View on HN

Last time I tried this they forcibly rewrite the sender as your gmail account.

timdev2 Dec 7, 2012 View on HN

"regular personal gmail can handle sending out email with a different from address"for now

sossles Oct 2, 2025 View on HN

I have an email forwarder on my personal domain that forwards to my gmail address, and gmail lets me send email as if it were coming from that address. Seems like it's the same result, and they're not blocking that.

akrymski Apr 18, 2022 View on HN

In Gmail you can choose the FROM address, so it appears to come from your own domain.

pmlnr Jul 7, 2017 View on HN

Use aliases. It possible even in gmail. Or host your mailing and use aliases.

schwartzworld Feb 9, 2021 View on HN

Is that because you are using an @gmail.com address as opposed to your own domain?

droopyEyelids Sep 30, 2016 View on HN

Can't believe no one has mentioned buying your own domain, running a MTA to reroute mail from those addresses to your current gmail, and then setting your preferred [email protected] as a send-from address in gmail.

invisible May 4, 2010 View on HN

What happens if you add a "Send mail as" address with @gmail.com?

mkl Feb 12, 2021 View on HN

Are you using a *@fastmail.com address, or your own domain? If not the latter, it would be easy to switch to that.