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I finally added my domain to my gmail account.. but no avatar! x.x

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MtvYoloSwag

Some may have seen my post yesterday about trying to get a @domain gmail account, and I've fixed that part finally.
But now sending from that address doesn't include my avatar! :(((
Is there a way to fix this?
I tried messing with google+ to see if that would work, didn't see a way to associate the @domain email with the google+ account.

8 years ago

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Draconiano

No idea, take this bump.

8 years ago
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MtvYoloSwag

Thanks.

8 years ago
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d3m4n

imo instead of using pop/smtp (like i believe you have setup from sounds of it), make your domain forward the email to your gmail account, then just setup the gmail account to make your default "Reply to" your external email address. that should solve your avatar issue, because it will still then be your google account doing the actual emailing. your actual gmail address will be revealed in the email header however, so if the goal was to hide the gmail email entirely, this won't work.

8 years ago
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MtvYoloSwag

This was my first time so I'm not an expert. But I believe I did half of what you suggested.
My domain offers this, but for 4/mo. Which I feel is too much for email, considering it's just me, and bruh.. email is free.

So I'm using mailgun, which is free if you send less than 10k emails a month.
Mailgun is forwarding mail that hits my domain to my gmail, and I'm replying/sending using smtp configured through gmail to use my @domain email.

8 years ago
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d3m4n

that smtp outgoing email is what screws up the avatar though, afaik that's something gmails outgoing servers do after it hits the server. you should still be able to setup the "reply to" portion to your domain to get the gmail output servers to do the work and fix the avatar the only downfall is inside the raw header of the email, the actual gmail address is revealed for those savvy enough to go looking into where the email came from. for most everyday users though, they'd never even know it had any association to google at all though.

edit: sorry for long run-on sentences and poor formatting.

8 years ago
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d3m4n

sorry, it has been years since i looked at my settings now. it looks like it's now called "Send Mail As:" under the "Accounts and Import", inside the gmail settings. You can "Add another email" and "treat it as an alias" and then make it the default reply-to. xD

then just drop the smtp entirely and it will have the same effect with only that one mentioned drawback. ^^

edit: it does come with gains to balance that drawback too though, for instance people can find you on google/google+ with your domain email instead of only your gmail email. additionally you can login gmail with your domain email instead of your gmail/username. probably a few other things i can't even think of.

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