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How did you send it using gmail? I just sent two via the web interface, one to a gmail account and another to a non-gmail account, the originating ip is 209.85.221.175 (a google ip address) and my current IP doesn't show up anywhere in the headers.

Edit: it doesn't show up base64 encoded, either.

gmail reveals the sender's IP address only when sending mail via (authenticated) SMTP. The IP address is hidden when sending mail via the web interface.

I sent it using gmail's web interface. My IP address shows up in "X-Originating-IP" part of header

I don't see my IP in the headers of mail sent from GMail, either. I also tried sending via my phone and got the same results.

Been trying to figure that out for ages... if there really is a way that would be huge.

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