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To make things more confusing, the name will be the recipients, but the email address will be the SMTP account's email address, for example: "Dr Fred Bloggs".

Google, both in their Gmail and Apps for Education product do not allow this - so any emails sent from the system will be from the account you use to authenticate on the SMTP server. When sending emails, Moodle attempts to send them "From" the email address of the user writing the message, this allows the recipient to reply directly to the sender via email.

No support for multiple "From" addresses.

Please check the following two points before continuing. Google mail has a couple of limitations which make it unsuitable for many Moodle installs. It is also worth reading this forum post which suggests what is probably a more suitable solution.

Is Google mail suitable for your requirements?īefore spending any time trying to get Gmail to work as your SMTP server, please read the following two points carefully and make sure you understand the limitations. Google's mail servers can be set up as the SMTP server for Moodle, although in many cases may not be suitable for a production system (see first heading below).