gmail problem - test message

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Friday 17 November 2006 09:29, Mike wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 23:50 +1100, Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> > On Thursday 16 November 2006 23:09, Mike wrote:
> > > I've been experiencing a problem with gmail and mailing lists (this one
> > > included). This is basically a test message to see if my posts are
> > > showing up in my email client.
> > >
> > > Normally when I send a message from my gmail account to the Ubuntu
> > > mailing list, my own messages don't show up in my email client, only
> > > the replies to my message. I've changed a setting and am hoping this
> > > works.
> >
> > If you find a fix, please post it here. I'm having the same issue, but
> > have always been too lazy to try adnd fix it.
> >
> > Sasha
>
> It works! Here is the solution to the mailing list @ gmail problem:
>
> Assuming you have an email account with your ISP as well as the gmail
> account, you need to set up your email client's SMTP server settings to
> your ISP's SMTP server instead of gmail's smtp server. You can still
> send email as "you"@gmail.com but instead of going through gmail's smtp
> server its going through your isp's smtp server. The posts that you send
> to the list will now come through on your email client (at least they do
> on mine). If you need further help setting it up, just ask.
>
> Hope this helps :)
>
> Mike

thanks. Great fix.

Sasha