This is partly why my @jgc.org email is forwarded to gmail and not managed by Google. I retain control of the domain and the receiving MX which then forwards to gmail. If gmail were to die I can reroute around it in seconds.
I have that set up, but how much of your email comes in to your @gmail.com address?
If you use gmail as your outgoing email, then the sent emails will have a Sender: header (and return-path) of your @gmail.com address, even if you set a role.
If you search gmail for 'to: you@gmail.com' you'll see how much mail is bypassing your domain.
> then the sent emails will have a Sender: header (and return-path) of your @gmail.com address
You can setup alternate e-mail addresses in Gmail and tell it to reply with the one it was sent to. It's still sent off Gmail servers, but with the Sender changed (so you just setup your SPF to allow Gmail).
But your reply-to is set to your own domain. Unless someone willfully types in your "@gmail.com" address then when they reply to your email it will go to your own domain.
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This is partly why my @jgc.org email is forwarded to gmail and not managed by Google. I retain control of the domain and the receiving MX which then forwards to gmail. If gmail were to die I can reroute around it in seconds.
I have that set up, but how much of your email comes in to your @gmail.com address?
If you use gmail as your outgoing email, then the sent emails will have a Sender: header (and return-path) of your @gmail.com address, even if you set a role.
If you search gmail for 'to: you@gmail.com' you'll see how much mail is bypassing your domain.
> then the sent emails will have a Sender: header (and return-path) of your @gmail.com address
You can setup alternate e-mail addresses in Gmail and tell it to reply with the one it was sent to. It's still sent off Gmail servers, but with the Sender changed (so you just setup your SPF to allow Gmail).
> even if you set a role.
What does this mean?
But your reply-to is set to your own domain. Unless someone willfully types in your "@gmail.com" address then when they reply to your email it will go to your own domain.