GMail API - Can I send email using the Service Account?

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ND003 picture ND003 · Oct 20, 2015 · Viewed 9k times · Source

When I send an email using the GMail API, I get an Access Token for the user to whom the message is to be sent and then when sending the message, I put some value in the From Field.

But no matter what I put in the from field, the message in the email shows as From "Me" and is in the Sent mails as well as Inbox.

Is there a way, I could use the Service Account to send the email, so that it does not show up as From "Me" and is also not in the Sent Mails.

Answer

Eric D picture Eric D · Oct 20, 2015

No. The Gmail API is for Gmail users and service accounts are just for doing auth to a real Gmail account, they don't have their own Gmail account, etc.

If you want to send the email from some service, you need some bulk-sending email service like at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/ or something you run yourself or from some other provider.

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