Use SMTPSendMail with Gmail

philmcmannis · Post by **philmcmannis** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:15 pm

Is it possible to use SMTPSendMail with Gmail. I have my gmail account turned on to utilize SMTP but the command doesn't seem to be working. I'm going to go on a limb and assume it's because SMTPSendMail doesn't use SSL or something like that.

Anyone have experience with this?

Thanks
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JRL · Post by **JRL** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:31 pm

I have not set this up but I would think it should work. You didn't say that you have set up authentication or that you specified a port, the Gmail site states:

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - requires TLS:
smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes
Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL)
Port: 465 or 587

Macro Scheduler SMTPSendMail help states:

If you are using an SMTP server that requires authentication, you can enable authentication by setting SMTP_AUTH to 1, and then setting SMTP_USERID and SMTP_PASSWORD to the username and password that you need to connect to the SMTP server. e.g:

Let>SMTP_AUTH=1
Let>SMTP_USERID=myuser
Let>SMTP_PASSWORD=frogslegs

By default the port used by SMTPSendMail is 25. If you need to change the port number set the value of SMTP_PORT.

Any of this helpful?

philmcmannis · Post by **philmcmannis** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:38 pm

I have authentication setup. Current code is below. Result Unable to connect to server

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Let>SENDMAIL_STATUS=1
Let>SMTP_AUTH=1
Let>[email protected]
Let>SMTP_PASSWORD=password
Let>SMTP_PORT=465
SMTPSendMail>Recipients,smtp.gmail.com,email,Name,Subject,Body,
Message>%SMTP_RESULT%

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Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:04 pm

It will not work. SMTPSendMail does not support SSL/TLS.

Authentication (where a username/password is required) is not the same thing as encryption.

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:06 pm

Gmail requires TLS encryption, and (unless something has changed) macroscheduler sendmail doesn't support that so it's not going to work. I have played with this extensively and have not found a mainstream free email that can be used this way. I use an upgraded ($20?/yr) Yahoo account for my automated email.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:59 pm

Mozilla Thunderbird can be set up as an email client to send/receive emails from free gmail accounts. Does that help?