changing "From" in gmail

[pgm8705]

I have 3 email accounts all forwarded and managed in my gmail account. Is there any way in the android gmail app, or in the browser, to change which one I am sending from when composing a new message? I tried to go to the desktop version of gmail in the browser, but still this option was absent. It will be a total bummer if I can't send email from my work gmail account.

[short/y]

I set one of my alternate addresses as the default in the desktop Gmail web interface and that seems to cause the Gmail client to use that as the From address. Don't know if it'll work using any other client/interface like the mobile Gmail web interface or not.

[thewannabeenforcer:P]

There is a use as default email address option, but yes we should be able to specify for each email with a drop down or something...

[pgm8705]

i suppose one hack would be to set up an alternate account with the email app and use it for sending. but that sucks

[biblicone]

I too am trying to do this same thing. My work email is forwarded to Gmail and is set up to send from the same email that it was sent to. It works fine in the web based Gmail, but does not work in the G1 Gmail.

Any word on this? Why does the send from field not work the same on the phone?

[Gary.Lavin]

On your desktop go to gmail/settings/accounts and in the 1st section choose "Reply from the same address the message was sent to". Do you have this selected? Works fine for me.

[JUSTINB]

Instead of forwarding, do this:

Go into your Gmail account settings on the webpage, go to Accounts, and set them up so it's actually Gmail checking the mail instead of forwarding. From there, you can set it so that when you reply, it will reply from the address it came from, but it will be in a unified mailbox (labels will seperate it if you use the Gmail client on your G1).

That's what I'm doing right now. I have my G1 Gmail account with the following under it: Comcast, personal webpage, business webpage, and my main Gmail accounts. Everything shows up in one mailbox on my Gmail app, seperated by labels, and from whichever someone e-mails me on, when replying it will automatically reply back from the correct e-mail.

[pgm8705]

Instead of forwarding, do this:

Go into your Gmail account settings on the webpage, go to Accounts, and set them up so it's actually Gmail checking the mail instead of forwarding. From there, you can set it so that when you reply, it will reply from the address it came from, but it will be in a unified mailbox (labels will seperate it if you use the Gmail client on your G1).

That's what I'm doing right now. I have my G1 Gmail account with the following under it: Comcast, personal webpage, business webpage, and my main Gmail accounts. Everything shows up in one mailbox on my Gmail app, seperated by labels, and from whichever someone e-mails me on, when replying it will automatically reply back from the correct e-mail.

not working for me. when you say "set them up so its actually Gmail checking the mail instead of forwarding" you mean using POP correct?

the fetching of the mail works, but it still replies as my default account on android

[Gary.Lavin]

I discovered that on the G1, regardless of what setting you choose on desktop, mail will always be from your gmail address.

[pgm8705]

I discovered that on the G1, regardless of what setting you choose on desktop, mail will always be from your gmail address.

that is terribly dissapointing