GMail and Google Apps as outgoing mail server (SMTP)

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avatar Ilija Studen Staff Dec 9. 2008. 11:28 am #1
If you are GMail user you might consider using as your outgoing mail server. To set up GMail, go to Administration > Mailing and from Mailing type drop-down select SMTP. Settings are:

Host: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 465
Authentication: Yes
Username: #YOU#@gmail.com
Password: #YOUR_PASSWORD#
Security: SSL

Check the screenshot...

If you are using Google Apps, check post #2 in this topic.
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avatar Nathan S. Dev Dec 11. 2008. 1:45 am #2
Just a quick note, this will work with Google Apps -- only difference would be username would be you@yourdomain.com instead of a gmail.com address --- but the smtp.gmail.com is still the correct outgoing server address.
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avatar Ilija Studen Staff Dec 15. 2008. 3:50 am #3
Hi Nathan,

Thanks for the info! Original post updated to point to your comment in case of Google Apps.
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avatar courtenayennis Jan 20. 2009. 1:48 pm #4
Neophyte Qs: What are the advantages of this? (I'm sure there could be many, but don't know enough about it) Could users then review emails auto-generated by activCollab in their google sent box?
avatar Ilija Studen Staff Jan 20. 2009. 2:05 pm #5
This information is not posted because GMail offers something other providers don't offer. There is nothing special about it and the sole reason why this information is posted is because GMail is popular, reliable and free so many people use it. It works when other options (like your hosting provider for example) may fail to provide reliable service. Check out this topic to see mailing issues on GoDaddy server for example.

Gmail SMTP service is free, reliable, popular and works well.
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avatar Charles Edmunds Pro Jan 25. 2009. 11:25 am #6
We're using google apps and cannot get AC to work sending emails with the google apps settings. Have used different email accounts, the 2 outgoing port settings that google provides and nothing. Messages are never received and when we login to google apps email account there's nothing in the sent items. Any advise?
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avatar Ilija Studen Staff Jan 25. 2009. 2:05 pm #7
@James: Try the instructions provided in this message. When debugging is turned on, mailer will log activities so you can use it to see what is going on.

PS: This topic is not for troubleshooting connections on Google servers. For such questions, open a new topic or email support.
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