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Google's email server, Gmail, is wildly popular and is becoming a common service for businesses (via the Google Apps for Business service.) Therefore, it is not surprising that SRP customers often ask how they can send emails through the Gmail service using the SRP Mail utility. As of version 1.2 this can be done using a configuration that accommodates Gmail's concerns for security.
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Encryption is also a requirement. Google supports two methods of encryption: TLS and SSL. At this time the SRP Mail utility only supports SSL. This is enabled by setting field 8 of the Config argument to 1."SSL" or "TLS" accordingly.
For Since the SRP Mail utility only supports SSL encryption the Port value (i.e., field 3 in the Config argument) should be set to 465. For TLS encryption, the Port value should be set to 587.
Username should be the full Gmail address including the domain (i.e., myname@gmail.com, Google Apps users would useuse myname@mydomain.) Password should be the appropriate password for this account.
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$insert SRPMAIL_INSERTS Message = "" Message<1> = "Sending email through Gmail" Message<2> = "jamesbond@gmail.com" Message<3> = "ernstblofeld@spectre.org" Message<4> = "" Message<5> = "" Message<6> = "" Message<7> = "TEXT" Message<8> = "Dear Blofeld," : CRLF$ : CRLF$ : "Your cat has been adopted by M. We hope you are enjoying your retirement." Message<9> = "" Message<10> = SRPMail_Importance_Normal$ Config = "" Config<1> = SendUsing_Port$ Config<3> = 465 Config<4> = "smtp.gmail.com" Config<5> = 1 Config<6> = "jamesbond@gmail.com" Config<7> = "Moneypenny1985" Config<8> = 1 "SSL" rv = SRP_Send_Mail(Message, Config) |
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