[brlug-general] Cox blocking email with numerical IP addresses.

[Scott Harney]

Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote:
> Gmail does allow you to a custom "From:" address after you authenticate
> the email address. Its a simple process but you do have some issues with
> mail servers looking for a reverse DNS entry and your email could end up
> in the recipients spam box.
> Gmail now supports IMAP. I think they rolled out this feature couple of
>   
The explanation for using port 587 submission with smtp.gmail.com is 
from here: 
http://lifehacker.com/software/email-apps/how-to-use-gmail-as-your-smtp-server-111166.php 


It also explains how to change gmail to use a custom "From:" header.  As 
long as the address in the from header passes a reverse lookup and is 
has a valid DNS MX record as well, you should be fine.