Originally Posted by Fangs404 (Post 1795624)

I originally posted this in General, but it wasn't getting any attention, and I can't bump that thread, so I thought I'd put it in here where it probably should've been originally (oops).

I'd like to use Gmail's SMTP server to send all forum emails because we've been having some issues sending emails. A lot of free servers will accept them from our server (like Gmail and Yahoo!), but most school and business email addresses never get the email confirmation sent to them. I figure that using Gmail's SMTP server will fix this, but it's just not working. Here're the settings we're using:

SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
port: 465
SMTP username: [username]@gmail.com
password: [password]
SMTP secure connection: TLS

When running the diagnostic, there's a delay of about 30 seconds, and then we get this error:



Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

Originally Posted by Fangs404 (Post 1795673)

SSL requires a different port, though. According to http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...n&answer=13287 I need to use port 995 for SSL. I tried that, and I get the same error.

Any idea?

Originally Posted by Fangs404 (Post 1795673)

SSL requires a different port, though. According to http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...n&answer=13287 I need to use port 995 for SSL. I tried that, and I get the same error.

Any idea?

Originally Posted by Angel-Wings (Post 1795887)

Hmmm - 995 is POP3 - dunno how you want to use SMTP on a POP3 port ;)

Maybe try a telnet on Gmail's 465 port sending it a HELO to see if SSL is offered or if they only offer TLS / Starttls