Google to discontinue allowing send as an external account in Jan. 2027

Google to discontinue allowing send as an external account in Jan. 2027

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  • Well this is sad
  • The real problem with the Workspace suggestion is the exit. A product you can't cancel isn't a continuity plan, it's a bigger lock-in.
  • > At this point, it seems like doing a Google Workspace paid account may be the best solution for continuity of experience, but you break all the commingling and integration. Also, your you@x.com account is a separate window from your you@gmail.com account.

    I am not a Google Workspace user but I hear that its features actually lag behind the personal accounts?

  • From the perspective of someone who receives tons of spam, I find it's a good thing.

    From the perspective of someone who had to do a lot of administrative work by hand to increase reputation of ips because of some guy had his email hacked to send lot of spam, I find it's a good thing.

    From the perspective of someone who uses the free SMTP service of Google to send emails from a not gmail domain where there is no SMTP, well it's uncomfortable. There are solutions, paid solutions, but still.

    Is it really a responsibility of Google to provide a qualitative free SMTP service for other domain names ? I don't think so.

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