Title: Emails sender is wrong Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # Emails sender is wrong * Resolved [AliaWyvern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliawyvern/) * (@aliawyvern) * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emails-sender-is-wrong/) * Hello, my emails are being sent correctly, but now they say it’s from my email instead of the true sender. My email is nowhere on either contact 7 or postman’s configuration. And it shows my email to the recipients too. I’m not sure whats going on. * ``` OS: Linux p3nlhg132.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net 2.6.32-531.1.2.lve1.2.54.el6.nfsfixes.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Apr 2 14:06:52 MST 2014 x86_64 HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/42.0.2311.135 Safari/537.36 Platform: PHP Linux 5.2.17 / WordPress 4.2.2 en_US PHP Dependencies : iconv=Yes : spl_autoload=Yes : openssl=Yes : php_sockets=No : allow_url_fopen=Yes WordPress Plugins : BAW Easy Invitation Codes : Carousel Horizontal Posts Content Slider : Contact Form 7 : Duplicate Post : Easy Social Icons : Google Language Translator : Hyper Cache Extended : IgniteWoo Updater : Jcarousel Post Slider : MailChimp for WordPress Lite : Postman SMTP : PureHTML : Q and A FAQ and Knowledge Base for WordPress : Really Simple CAPTCHA : Royal Custom CSS for Page and Post : Search & Replace : Shortcodes Ultimate : Simple 301 Redirects : Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes : Store Locator Plus : Tawk.to Live Chat : UberMenu 3 - The Ultimate WordPress Mega Menu : UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore : Use Google Libraries : Widget Importer & Exporter : WonderPlugin Slider : WooCommerce Categories Menu : WooCommerce Colors : WooCommerce Custom Price Label : WooCommerce First Data Gateway : WooCommerce Product Archive Customiser : WooCommerce UPS Shipping Pro : WooCommerce : WooThemes Helper : WordPress Importer : WordPress SEO : WP Store Locator : Video SEO for WordPress SEO by Yoast WordPress Theme: Kallyas Postman Version: 1.6.8 Postman Sender Domain: aspesite.com Postman Transport URI: gmail_api:https:oauth2://9531****************************************************************.com:************************@www.googleapis.com:443 Postman Transport Status (Configured|Ready|Connected): Yes|Yes|Yes Postman Deliveries (Success|Fail): 48|0 Postman Bind (Success|Fail): Yes|No Postman Available Transports : SMTP (1.6.8) : Gmail API (1.6.8) Postman TCP Timeout (Connection|Read): 10|60 Postman Email Log (Enabled|Max): Yes 10 Postman Run Mode: production Postman PHP LogLevel: 40000 ``` * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/) Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Plugin Author [Jason Hendriks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonhendriks/) * (@jasonhendriks) * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emails-sender-is-wrong/#post-6134971) * > now they say it’s from my email instead of the true sender. * That is a matter of perspective. Technically, you _are_ the true sender. It’s your system that creates and initiates delivery of the email. * To prevent [spoofing](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing) by viruses and spammers, and comply with SPF and DKIM checks at the recipient’s server, Google is forcing your email address into the email on the server side. This is mandatory behaviour with the Gmail API/OAuth 2.0. * My recommended Contact Form 7 settings are: * ``` From: [Your-Name] To: Someone Reply-To: [Your-Name] <[Your-Email]> ``` * or, create an email address just for the site, * ``` From: Apesite Contact Form To: Someone Reply-To: [Your-Name] <[Your-Email]> ``` * I wouldn’t look for a way around it. _Emails not being received_ when users forge the From address is probably the [#1 ‘bug’ in the Contact Form 7 support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emails-wont-send-unless-use-my-email?replies=26). Google is preventing the same from happening to you. * Hope that helps. Jason * Thread Starter [AliaWyvern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aliawyvern/) * (@aliawyvern) * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emails-sender-is-wrong/#post-6135154) * That makes sense, thanks for your help! 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