Problems sending though smtp.gmail.com

[Graeme Defty]

Hi All,

I noticed some time ago that my site was unable to send emails. Since this was not mission-critical I ignored it for a while and have just got round to looking at it again.

This is what I have found (I use gmail's smtp relay):

- I could not find a combination of settings that would get TLS to work

- Using ssl worked fine, but boss_mail_driver_smtp.erl has a hard-coded setting of {ssl, false}

This is strange because it looks as though this disabling of ssl has been in there pretty much since the creation of the module.

Anyway, what I want to ask is:

1) has anyone been able to get TLS working with smtp.gmail.com?

2) If not, can ssl be made a configuration item - much as TLS was a little while back? (I am happy to create a PR for this change if it helps)

Best regards and happy new year to all,

graeme

[Graeme Defty]

Hi,

It seems that nobody has a solution to this so I have created a PR for a very small change to the mail driver which allows ssl to be specified on the outbound mail connection (as seemingly required by Gmail these days).

This is controlled by a new parameter setting in boss.config ( {mail_relay_use_ssl, true} ).

The default behaviour is to NOT use ssl, so the change is 100% backwards compatible with no action required for existing applications.

Cheers,

g

[can2nac]

Are you 100% sure that you Gmail account configuration allows you to use smtp.gmail.com?

Have you tried sending through smtp.gmail.com via 3rd party software such as Thunderbird? 

I don't know what is your Gmail account type, but in case of Gmail for business Administrator should allow smtp usage. 

This article may be helpful https://support.google.com/a/answer/176600?hl=en

Perhaps, you may try no-SSL connection: "If your device or application does not support SSL - connect to aspmx.l.google.com on port 25."

[can2nac]

Sorry, i missed your last message.

I'm glad you have found a workaround.

best

On Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 1:42:50 PM UTC+3, graeme defty wrote:

[Graeme Defty]

Hi,

No problem, and thanks for the link you sent.  I did use the info in the referenced article, but could not get TLS to work, which would have been my preferred choice. I never did find out why, but SSL works fine.

Thanks again for your comments,

g

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[Dmitry Polyanovsky]

Going to look at your PR and merge it today, thanks.