Rails and Gmail SMTP, how to use a custom from address

Question

I\'ve got my Rails (2.1) app setup to send email via Gmail, however whenever I send an email no matter what I set the from address to in my ActionMailer the emails always co

Answer 1

This is most likely to stop people trying to send email from addresses that Google can't verify that the sender owns. This is fairly common amongst mail providers, and is probably a safeguard to stop people using Google's services for sending spam.