Email / domain name identity question

[southgate]

So I'm currently using Mozilla Thunderbird as my email program, with email from my domain name being forwarded to it.

I.e. [e-mail] are being forwarded to a gmail account, that Thunderbird is set up to receive.

I have also set up Thunderbird with an identity(?) that says the emails are from my company, with the 'reply-to' address as [e-mail]....

My question is though - How do I make emails I send at least appear to come from my domain name email address, i.e. [e-mail] ? At the moment, my gmail address is shown as the 'from' address.

Hope that all makes sense & TIA!

[southgate]

Cheers for that Andy.

Basically, I was using the Gmail account only beacuse I thought I needed too, for the SMTP / POP servers.

I don't really need to use the Gmail account. I wouldn't know how to configure Thunderbird to send and receive mail directly from my domain name email address.

[southgate]

Just had a look at the control panel of my domain name provider. They let me forward email sent to [e-mail], but can't see how I would send directly from this address..?

[southgate]

Right, so I think my problem lies with the fact my domain provider, Easyspace, are only providing a forwarding service.

I don't have any server details from them.

Tried going into Gmail webmail account > settings > send mail as, but it wants an SMTP server for my domain name. I haven't got one. The website is hosted through Hibu, who don't provide email forwarding.