Replying to email forwarded to Gmail

[dem...@gmail.com]

I have set up my email at work to automatically forward all incoming
messages to my Gmail address. That part works fine. But when I reply to
a message that's been forwarded to Gmail, I wind up replying to the
forwarder (me) rather than to the original sender. Is there an option
anywhere in Gmail to "reply to original sender" or, failing that, is
there a workaround to accomplish the same goal?

Thanks.

Lee

[Derek]

just make sure the TO: address is correct before you send it out. i
don't forward my mail so im not able to test what you're talking
about. if no one else is having the problem it may be a bug. it
surprises me that when you reply to a message it sends the message to
the forwarding account. that jusy seems all wrong.

[G.Waleed Kavalec]

I fwd via my ISP/Host and replies work fine.

There is probably an option you are missing in however you are forwarding.

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:23:33 -0800, dem...@gmail.com <dem...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[Derek]

no i don't think he's missing an option. the only options are to
enable forwarding and the recieving address.

[Jonathan S. Pulling]

no, those options are only applicable when forwarding FROM gmail. The
OP is forwarding his work email TO gmail. The problem probably is
that he is forwarding the messages by hand, which would then appear to
come from his work address. The OP needs to set up his work email to
automatically forward messages to gmail (if possible). depdending on
the system, it may be something as simple as the correct line in his
.forward. He will probably need to talk his email system system
administrator to find out if it is possible to automatically forward
his email from work to gmail.

[Greg Ritter]

You do not want to set up your work email to forward messages to Gmail
automatically.

Rather, you should set up y our work email to *re-direct* messages to Gmail.

Forwarding attaches new SMTP headers to the email message, hence the
From: field will be your work address, the subject field will have a
FW: on it, etc. Think of it like receiving a letter, then putting the
letter in a new envelope with the forwarding address (your Gmail
account) and a *new* return address (the From:, i.e. your work
address) on it, and sending it on. Since it's got a new return
address, replies go back to your work address instead of the original
"return address."

Re-directing, on the other hand, passes the message along without
making any changes to the relevant SMTP headers (From:, Reply-to:,
Subject:, et al). This is like receiving a letter, writing the
forwarding address on the outside of the original envelope, and
sending it on. The return address hasn't changed, so replies go to the
correct place -- the original return address.

Unfortunately, some email systems don't make a distinction between
forwarding and re-directing in their interface (even though the SMTP
protocol does make distinction).

--g

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:23:33 -0800, dem...@gmail.com <dem...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[dem...@gmail.com]

Thanks, guys. Yes, the solution is to redirect the incoming email
rather than forward it. Alas, Lotus Notes doesn't provide that option,
so I'm looking for an add-on that does. Thanks for your help.

--Lee