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, mygroup@googlegroups.com. I want to email from my gmail account such that the sender address will be mygroup@googlegroups.com.

I went to Settings -> Accounts and Import -> Send mail as: -> Add another email address, added mygroup@googlegroups.com, 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 mygroup@googlegroups.com 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 mygroup@googlegroups.com, 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