I have a Gmail account setup within eM Client (imap) which I would like to use a different smtp server for. Unfortunately I cannot do this via account settings as while it allows me to change the smtp server address it doesn’t allow me to provide alternative authentication options, I guess because it is assuming that the authentication is being done by Gmail.
I have tried setting up a new account through the ‘other’ mail pathway however I cannot connect with Gmail’s servers without authorizing the app with Gmail, which only seems to be prompted by eM Client if using the account setup wizard… but as mentioned this method then stops me from setting my own smtp server.
Is there any way of having a Gmail account setup within eM Client that uses an alternative smtp server?
I do not use Gmail / Google for anything so I can;t be specific, however, I don;t
believe it is possible with IMAP and eMC automatic configuration.
Though, it is possible with POP3 in eMC as I have set this up for my daughters
using a secure 3rd party SMTP.
If I am wrong about IMAP someone will say.
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No you carn’t set any alternate smtp authentication with a Gmail IMAP OAuth token setup.
If you are worried about sending mail via the Gmail server for security reasons, you could alternatively look at sending an encrypted email message using a PGP Key
“PGP is a public key encryption program that has become the most popular standard for email encryption - it follows the OpenPGP standard (RFC 4880) for encrypting and decrypting data”.
“Each user has an encryption key that is publicly known and a private key that is known only to that user. To send encrypted messages you need the public key of your recipient. To decrypt a message sent to you, you will use your private key to decrypt it”.
Also see the below eM Client webpages on How to setup PGP encryption.
“Email Encryption and Digital Signature”
Quick guide to email encryption and email digital signatures in eM Client
“eM Keybook is a public encryption key directory managed by the company eM Client.
It’s an online service where you can upload and manage your public keys so anyone can easily send you encrypted messages and you can easily get public keys of the recipients you want to send encrypted messages to”.
Sadly this doesn’t seem to exist. I need this as well. I won’t purchase emClient until they add this. I have a gmail account and use a third party SMTP server to send emails from my own domain. I don’t want people to see my gmail account so this is no good.
I have the same requirement; I set up eMClient because it’s the only solution I have found for the combination of mail, calendar, and contact providers that my wife is tied to. She uses Gmail for mail, but I have a custom domain name and so I have email alias addresses using my domain name that forward mail to our Gmail accounts. She’s been using the Gmail SMTP server with eMClient, but mail that she sends to Yahoo users is bounced back because of authentication issues, even if I set up SPF or DKIM records where my domain is registered. (The reason is: the Gmail server sends the mail with a header indicating that the message came from Gmail, not from my own domain, so the Yahoo server doesn’t even check my domain’s authentication records.) Both aol.com and att.net use Yahoo for mail, so my wife’s messages won’t reach those users either. And, it’s my understanding that Microsoft and Google are going to follow Yahoo’s lead in the way that they authenticate incoming emails. I don’t want to start using Google Workspace with my domain - we really don’t need any of the other features in Google Workspace, other than SMTP authentication of custom domains - so I’ve set up an account with an SMTP relay provider (Brevo). But there’s no way in eMClient to configure an account that uses the Gmail IMAP server and the Brevo SMTP server.
Is there any possibility that a future update to eMClient will allow this kind of configurability? Is there a formal way to submit a feature request?