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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

on Gmail, you can also send from your forwarded addresses

I imagine that only works if you also host the address you forward to with Google? Otherwise I can't see how Google can send email on behalf of a domain whose DNS servers it doesn't control. If that were possible spam would be a lot worse than it is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It only requires you to demonstrate you control the address.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/22370?hl=en

Proton, on the other hand, only supports you owning the whole domain, as their only verification is through DNS TXT records.