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Hi there, I have tried everything mentioned in this article but failed to email to my own email address. I have tried these servers. I am sending an email to my own email address using my email address as recipient.

1. mail.google.com port 25
2. smtp.gmail.com port 25
3. mail.google.com port 465
4. smtp.gmail.com port 465

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Configure Database Mail - Send Email From SQL Database[^]

log report :

The mail could not be sent to the recipients because of the mail server failure. (Sending Mail using Account 2 (2014-07-10T07:46:10). Exception Message: Could not connect to mail server. (A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 173.194.117.117:25). )

Posted 9-Jul-14 17:24pm

JBobby

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JBobby 10-Jul-14 0:42am

ok , I have solved it myself :) I user smtp.gmail.com port 587 and it worked.

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Answer 1 · 2014-07-09T20:55:00

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ok , I have solved it myself :) I user smtp.gmail.com port 587 and it worked.

Yes, actually Gmail works on port 587.

Posted 9-Jul-14 20:55pm

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)