How can I send email from the google-group email address?

Question

I created a google-group mygroup and asked to also create an email address for the group, [email protected]. I want to email from my gmail account such that the sender address will be [email protected].

I went to Settings -> Accounts and Import -> Send mail as: -> Add another email address, added [email protected], checked "Treat as an alias" and clicked Next, but got a red error message saying "Please enter a valid email address".

How can I add this sender address?

Answer 1

You can send email from the Google Groups address using its web page (see the steps below; they're harder to find after the recent UI changes), but you're correct that Gmail won't accept a group as a "Send mail as" address. (If that ever changes, it's probably better to uncheck the "Treat as an alias" box.)

To email from a Groups address:

1. Go to the Groups conversation list on the web, https://groups.google.com/g/mygroup.
2. Click the "+ New conversation" sausage near the upper left corner. (It doesn't look so much like a button.) --> That opens a New conversation in mygroup send-mail form.
3. In that send-mail form, click the down-arrow in the From section.
4. Pick [email protected] in the list.
5. Compose and send.

Answer 2

It will work now like you mentioned:

I went to Settings -> Accounts and Import -> Send mail as: -> Add another email address, added [email protected], checked "Treat as an alias" and clicked Next, but got a red error message saying "Please enter a valid email address".

But with one exception: you will have to UNcheck the "Treat as an alias" option. You will now be able to change your "From" field for each email you are sending.

You can also set the new email address as you standard "From", and/or "Reply-to" if needed/wanted (source):

• See all settings --> Accounts and import or Accounts tab.
• In the "Send mail as" section to the right of the address you want to use
• click "Make default".

The only thing I didn't yet manage to figure out is if we can also do this from inside the groups.google.com webUI

Answer 3

You can register such (@)googlegroups.com email address in Outlook so that you can compose an email under such googlegroups email address using the Outlook app. It works when you are using desktop mode. You shall also make an Outlook alias on the settings so that any replies will be received on the Outlook side. You make an extra Google Account using such Outlook alias and be the co-admin of such Google Groups so that you will receive a copy of a message's reply in the Outlook app.