gmail smtp settings?

[linkx]

I am trying to get the "Send email to contacts" working. I am using Google apps for my domain, so smtp.google.com is my SMTP server. So far I have:

(1)Filled out settings like this in Administer CiviCRM » Global Settings » Outbound Email (SMTP):

SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP port: 465
Authentication? Yes
User: emailaddy@mygoogleappsdomain.net

(2)Set the password in civicrm.settings.php

If I have the above settings and I try to "Send email to contacts" from a search results page, the browser just churns for about five minutes and them displays a blank page. No email is sent.

If I change the port, I get this:

Code: [Select]

Array
(
    [callback] => Array
        (
            [0] => CRM_Core_Error
            [1] => handle
        )

    [code] =>
    [message] => SMTP server does no support authentication
    [mode] => 16
    [debug_info] =>
    [type] => PEAR_Error
    [user_info] =>
    [to_string] => [pear_error: message="SMTP server does no support authentication" code=0 mode=callback callback=CRM_Core_Error::handle prefix="" info=""]
)
Google gives these settings for their SMTP:

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

My guess is that I need to tell civicrm to use TLS and STARTTLS. Can it do this?



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[rob123]

No, CiviCRM doesn't handle TLS.

I can only vouch for 1.9 though, haven't looked into 2.0

[Donald Lobo]

can u try using the suggestion here: http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,2323.msg9879.html#msg9879

this might work. we dont have a google apps account, hence cant check

lobo

[linkx]

Thank you! I tried this and it does indeed work! The biggest problem is what tobiaseigen reported: "it changed the "from" address of the emails I sent to my gmail username." This caused my test mail to end up in the spambox.

To summarize: Google Apps Gmail will work with the following settings:

SMTP server address : ssl://smtp.gmail.com
SMTP server port: 465
SMTP username: [username@gmail.com/username@yourtlddomain.com]
SMTP password: [yourpassword] (set in civicrm.settings.php)

(as suggested in http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,2323.msg9879.html#msg9879)

Thanks again lobo and tobiaseigen!