Department Assistant to Submit the Letter?

[panpsychist]

This is the request I just received from at least one of my letter writers.

During an email correspondence, Prof. X said s/he'd prefer to give the letter to our department assistant once it' done and then let the department assistant upload the letter. My follow-up question was, "Do I still list your email address in the online applications?" Prof. X told me I should simply list the email address of the department assistant. 

Is anyone out there in similar situations? I don't know whether or not it's such a good thing to do (I'm simply professing ignorance here).

[Neuro PolarBear]

I put the administrative assistant's email down for one of the PIs who submitted LoR for me. For the other, even though I put the PI's email down, he forwarded them all to his assistant. I don't think it really matters, as long as the professor's name is on the actual letter.

[panpsychist]

On November 25, 2015 at 10:05:15 PM, Micecroscopy said:

I put the administrative assistant's email down for one of the PIs who submitted LoR for me. For the other, even though I put the PI's email down, he forwarded them all to his assistant. I don't think it really matters, as long as the professor's name is on the actual letter.

That's very helpful, thanks!