Question about MobileMe and Gmail

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  1. amro, Jul 7, 2008

    amro macrumors 6502

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    So, I have searched the forum for a specific question I have about MobileMe and Gmail. It was briefly touched upon here but not really addressed.

    So, I want to stay with my Gmail address as well as avoid sending everyone I know my .me address.

    1. I know I can set gmail to forward my emails to the .me address thereby giving me the "push" I want.

    2. My concern is when I compose or reply to an email from the iPhone. Can both compose and reply be setup such that the recipient sees that it came from Gmail?

    I even went to an Apple store and none of the guys knew the answer to that one.

    Also, I'm well aware of Gmail's current imap ability and that I could setup the iPhone to poll every so often in order to pull. I just don't want to do that.

    Thanks,
    Amro
     
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  2. admanimal, Jul 7, 2008

    admanimal macrumors 68040

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    It is technically possible for MobileMe to support this (like Gmail does, for example) but until someone actually can look at the software, I don't think we will know the answer for sure (unless the answer has appeared in one of the promo videos that I haven't seen).
     
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  3. amro, Jul 7, 2008

    amro thread starter macrumors 6502

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    Ok, thanks.
     
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  4. skierdb526, Jul 7, 2008

    skierdb526 macrumors regular

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    i was curious about this too. I cant justify getting mobile me when I have gmail and webspace available to me. i like that you can sync ical and contacts, but beyond that im not sold on it.
     
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  5. Van Wildonher, Jul 7, 2008

    Van Wildonher macrumors 6502a

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    I'm really hoping it's going to be possible.
     
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  6. mavis, Jul 7, 2008

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    Here is a capture from the 2.0 walkthrough video posted at Gizmodo (click the pic to watch the whole thing):

    [​IMG]

    It looks like we will FINALLY be able use an alternate reply-to address! :D
     
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  7. tp2008, Jul 7, 2008

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    I was having a look at this the other week on my .mac account. If you log in on the mac.com website, go to:

    Mail
    Preferences
    Click on the Composing tab

    Then there is the option, next to "Identity" to set a "send mail as" email address.

    I've tested this in the past with gmail and it works fine. So push gmail email with all the .mac trimmings.
     
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  8. ApplEngineer, Jul 7, 2008

    ApplEngineer macrumors regular

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    Does it actually allow you to enter an email address because when I try it won't let me because of the '@' symbol. If I can get this to work, then its everything I need.
     
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  9. drewfus, Jul 7, 2008

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    I don't think that works. I just tried it, and it gave me an error, saying that there could only be letters and numbers. I think that just lets you change the name that the e-mail recipient sees when you send them an e-mail from the .mac account.
     
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  10. HymerSchmidt, Jul 9, 2008

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    I'm glad this was answered. And it looks like a function of Mail.app so I can use Exchange without a sacrifice.
     
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