Question

How do I send email from Google App Engine with a random, non-app admin sender using a custom domain name (e.g. [e-mail] ) ? We need to allow the users of our website to communicate with each other through a custom made messaging system but also allow them to reply directly from their email. Something similar with the craigslist system. However seems that GAE doesn’t allow us to send email from an address that is not admin. Is there any workaround / patch ? We are the owner of myshop.com domain name (verified through google apps) so I don’t see why a such thing is not allowed.

Answer 1

While you can’t use just any random address, you can use a registered administrator address with a ‘+’ suffix. So you could send the mail with a ‘from’ of, say, [e-mail]. Then your app will receive the reply, and can use the hash to decide which user to forward the mail to.