Overview
- Google announced that it will stop allowing Gmail users to send mail using third-party addresses from within Gmail and will remove web add/sync, Gmailify, and POP fetching on the web.
- The change also affects the Gmail mobile apps by leaving only the ability to check third-party accounts while removing the ability to send from those addresses.
- Gmail-to-Gmail aliases and the 'Send as' function for Google Workspace accounts will continue to work, according to Google’s support guidance.
- Google cited 'disproportionate maintenance resources' as the reason and advised affected users to switch to dedicated mail clients or desktop apps to keep sending from non-Gmail addresses.
- Users on social platforms reacted negatively, warning the move will complicate workflows that relied on a single inbox and could prompt some people to abandon Gmail or use third-party email clients.