Mac Mail - IMAP Gmail

I have a domain set up for work which directs email to my gmail account. This works a treat and I can send and receive email as if from the domain name.
I have recently bought an iphone so set up my gmail account to be IMAP, hoping I could use it for my phone and macmail. I can receive the emails through both, but can only send using the dummy account name with gmail.
All I want to do is send email using mydomain.com through mac mail and my iphone, using gmail as a dummy IMAP account. Ever get the feeling you're not explaining yourself too well?! Aargh! Hope someone can help though.

I'd follow WBW advice, but here's some more info.
What gmail does to be able to send as a different "FROM" is just authenticating you as being the owner of the "FROM" you want to use and then naming it as they will, just like you can post a mail on the post office and say it came from anywhere you wish - you just change the "FROM" field on the letter.
It also says it's coming from gmail, but most mail servers just ignore it or tell you "delivered by" using some SMTP standards.
Both Mac Mail app and iPhone do similar stuff. You have to first setup an inbox account to be able to use it as a "FROM". Then you can even send it through another server, gmail in your case, and say you're sending it from the other domain - if that server allows it (which most do, including gmail as you know).
You can configure as many SMTP as you wish on either, but you just have to do all that - just like you did on gmail. For each one you'll have a full mailbox configured.

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Open Terminal in Utilties and copy/paste
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paulgiunta wrote:
I just added Gmail to my Apple Mail and the only thing that I am trying to "fix" is that when I delete an email in Apple Mail, it shows up still in the Gmail inbox with the label "deleted messages" or without the label depending on what settings I use in Apple Mail.
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http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77695

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Firstly, I'm posting this in the iCal section because there's not a dedicated Mail support section, and I think my question may be similar to some iCal concerns.
With the advent of 10.6, I know it's now possible to sync your "Contacts" contained within your Mac address book with Gmail. I also know that for some time it has been possible to import your Gmail contacts to Mac Mail.
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It sounds like you've got Gmail set up in Mail on Leopard as a POP account. This would cause problems with how it synchronizes with other clients (like your iPhone) accessing the same mail account. The iPhone by default uses IMAP for Gmail access, which is what you should use if you are going to access Gmail with more than one client on a regular basis.
Once that is done, make sure you use the recommended settings for Apple Mail in order for your Gmail account to behave properly.
Lastly you should 'map' your folders so that Mail uses your Gmail folders for it's like folders. Using your Sent folder issue as an example, once you've set up Gmail to use IMAP you'll see a folder named [Gmail]/Sent. Click on that folder and go to the menu Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For > Sent. That folder will disappear from the folder pane and when you click on the Sent folder, the items in your Gmail Sent folder will now show up.
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Over the last 24 hours I have installed my Mac Mail. I have set it up using the instructions I found here on Macworld (http://www.macworld.com/article/157846/2011/03/mailgmail.html) and here in an article by Jason Hendricks (http://www.jasonhendriks.com/2011/05/using-gmail-with-apple-mail/).
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email settings are:
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Acutally, clicking on some of the related issues on here (they only became visible after posting my question), I found this in one of the posts:
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Hi, reggie9.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here is the best troubleshooting article to go through when experiencing issues with mail on iOS devices.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3899
If all the steps in that article have been processed and the issue persists, try the steps in the article below.
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