What is gmails outgoing server?

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What should be the server so that I can send email using gmail.

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@FROM           = N'joe@domain.com',
    @FROM_NAME      = N'Joe Mailman',
    @TO             = N'joe@domain.com',
    @replyto        = N'joe@domain.com',
    @CC             = N'',
    @BCC            = N'',
    @priority       = N'NORMAL',
    @subject        = N'Hello SQL Server SMTP Mail',
    @message        = N'Goodbye MAPI and Outlook',
    @messagefile    = N'',
    @type           = N'text/plain',
    @attachment     = N'',
    @attachments    = N'',
    @codepage       = 0,
    @server         = N'mail.domain.com' --> ???

Posted 27-Apr-11 5:46am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2011-04-27T05:55:00

Solution 1

Should not you expect Google knows more about Google than CodeProject?

—SA

Posted 27-Apr-11 5:55am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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this_is_my_alias 28-Apr-11 8:08am

Yes...but should I sign up on google-specific forums when I have only one question? :(

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Apr-11 12:04pm

No. It hardly could be original question :-)
The information already published by Google on this topic is surely more than enough.
--SA

Marc A. Brown · Answer 2 · 2011-04-27T05:59:00

Solution 2

The server is smtp.gmail.com. You'll need to look at google to find out what port and any other details you'll need to make it work.

Posted 27-Apr-11 5:59am

Marc A. Brown

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Apr-11 19:22pm

Thank you for proving my point; you asked Google, I see. My 5.
--SA

this_is_my_alias 28-Apr-11 8:19am

@SAKryukov --> I already did googled. I actually found smtp.gmail.com. But I was not able to send the mail when in fact it worked in a private domain, so I asked here. And by the way, you should give me at least a simple solution and not a question. Don't you think? You just don't do that as if you own codeproject. I am sorry but sounds like negative to me. You can skip and choose not to answer my question.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Apr-11 12:11pm

No, I don't think I should. I also decide by myself what to skip. I'm sorry that you consider my answer offensive and I think you should not. I expressed my respect to you by assuming that just a hint would be enough for you. If you take my advice positively and not negatively you would get the answer yourself. I also know how CodeProject usually works so I realistically expected that some of other expert would follow me and add more detail. This is exactly what happened.

After all, you received the solutions as I expected.
It may look surprising to you, but I still insist you get my hint and use it as a practical advice. I would also advice you to be more positive and feel such thing as humor (in case you missed it).

Best wishes,
--SA

this_is_my_alias 28-Apr-11 8:22am

@Marc A. Brown --> I already tried it. And using xp_smtp_sendmail, you just fill out those info above. No ports to configure (you use it with MS SQL Server and some sort of automatic config for the port happens -- I don't remember configuring port when I used a private mail domain). Thanks for the answer. I'll try further research.

Marc A. Brown 28-Apr-11 9:32am

GMail (I believe) requires a secure connection, so it doesn't use the "regular" port.

this_is_my_alias 5-May-11 12:23pm

I've read about that...but their was a tutorial in CodeIgniter and you can really send an email via gmail. But I am using the other method (xp_smtp...) (sad to say, I can't use the CodeIgniter tutorial for some reason).....anyways, I'll soon figure it out. thanks for your answers.

Sandeep Mewara · Answer 3 · 2011-04-27T06:27:00

Solution 3

host: smtp.gmail.com
port: 587

More details here:
Send Emails with Gmail Account with Attachment[^]
Sending Email with Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, and Live Mail Via SMTP[^]

Posted 27-Apr-11 6:27am

Sandeep Mewara

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Apr-11 19:22pm

Sure, a 5.
--SA

Sandeep Mewara 28-Apr-11 0:28am

Thanks SA.

this_is_my_alias · Answer 4 · 2011-08-30T19:18:00

I just like to share an alternative that I found months ago... got a little busy so I haven't posted it here after I found a way.

I was asking for GMAIL's mail domain since I want to test an auto-email. Since smtp.gmail.com doesn't work with my set-up, I did the following:

1.) I tried Feebooti Email, gmail works fine. I can send email, but the con is it's a command line tool. I had problems integrating it with my web app.

2.) I installed Mercury for Win32 (open source), so it's like turning your machine as an email server.

I did find the solution using number 2. Basically, the purpose was to simulate an auto-email.

That's all.

Hope this will help others too. :D