Gmail via my VPS

[ajbird]

Hi all

i am trying to impliment the following instructions as i dont like gmail adding the "from xxx@gmail.com" to my messages when sent via xxx@mydomain.xxx

If you choose to send mail through another domain's SMTP servers:
6. Enter the SMTP server (e.g. smtp.domain.com), your username on that domain, and your password for that account. You may also need to adjust your port setting or SSL setting (talk to your other ISP if you need this information).
7. Click Add account >>
8. Open your other account and either click the link in the message Gmail sent or enter the confirmation code in the Accounts section of your Gmail settings.

Please note that your other email provider must provide authenticated SMTP support in order for you to use this option. We'll use TLS by default, or SSL if you enable it. Many email services that provide POP or IMAP support also offer authenticated SMTP support, and you can likely find your SMTP server configuration instructions alongside information about POP or IMAP. Also, this new version of custom 'From:' doesn't work with Yahoo! Mail Plus accounts just yet, but we've reached out to Yahoo! to try to get it working.

I tried using smtp.mydomain.com but it tells me that this could not be reached on any of the 3 ports it offered me...

any ideas if this is possible?

cheers

andy

[bedotnet]

Are you using a Cpanel VPS? if so - have you tried mail.yourdomain.com (for both SMTP and POP3)

I think this is setup "out of the box" by Cpanel/WHM.

[ajbird]

Hi there

got it working..

I am using plesk.

I have tried mail.mydomain.com on port 465 ticking the always use secure box and it is working now.

the problems was that i have used plesk to set up a forward to the gmail account for xxx@mydomain.com therefore that user had no mail box..

So i have had to create a mail box for that user and a forward...

this means that I have a mail box collecting emails that i dont really want and is taking up space. Suppose I can call it a back up and a feature

at least it works and does not now have the damned "sent from xxx@gmail.com on behalf of xxx@mydomain.com" which looks so unprofessional

thanks all