Email "from" address means email doesn't appear in my inbox #384

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opened 2025-10-14 16:58:35 -06:00 by navan · 0 comments

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2025-10-14 16:58:35 -06:00

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Originally created by @martynhoyer on 1/15/2017

Loving the script and instructions, it seems just what I need, but I've got a bit of a sticking point...

I'm a G Suite user and I'm setting up the spreadsheet and script in the organisation Google Drive. There are currently two users in the organisation at the moment (including myself). The "to" address for the script is set as a G Suite group containing both of us as members.

The problem is, because it's sending via my account, I never see the email in my inbox, only in my sent items (and therefore there's no notification, or flag that I have unread items etc.). Of course, getting an email notification is one of the major benefits of the script.

Can anyone suggest a way around this? I'd assume that if I created a third user in G Suite solely for sending the email, that'd solve it, but that'd cost another £3/month which seems a bit silly. Or I could share the script/spreadsheet with some arbitrarily created free gmail account, but that would sort of pollute the "from" address when the emails are received, which isn't ideal.

Perhaps I'm missing something?

*Originally created by @martynhoyer on 1/15/2017* Loving the script and instructions, it seems just what I need, but I've got a bit of a sticking point... I'm a G Suite user and I'm setting up the spreadsheet and script in the organisation Google Drive. There are currently two users in the organisation at the moment (including myself). The "to" address for the script is set as a G Suite group containing both of us as members. The problem is, because it's sending via my account, I never see the email in my inbox, only in my sent items (and therefore there's no notification, or flag that I have unread items etc.). Of course, getting an email notification is one of the major benefits of the script. Can anyone suggest a way around this? I'd assume that if I created a third user in G Suite solely for sending the email, that'd solve it, but that'd cost another £3/month which seems a bit silly. Or I could share the script/spreadsheet with some arbitrarily created free gmail account, but that would sort of pollute the "from" address when the emails are received, which isn't ideal. Perhaps I'm missing something?