Gmail as a free smtp server

Comment by chiefie, on 30-May-2006 14:52

yeah, i found this out few months ago. however when you sent through it. some email client (like outlook) will display, "smtpaccount@gmail on behalf of sender@xyz.co.nz" rather than just "sender@xyz.co.nz". That which annoyed me.


With Vodafone NZ users, you can use smtp.vodafone.net.nz if i remember correctly. I was using that for quite sometimes, until i find it really inefficient to change SMTP settings depending on whether I am at home or on VMC or wherever... so requested my webhost to supply me a SMTP server access option.

Comment by Robert, on 31-May-2006 09:30

I am unable to log into gmail.

Comment by Kev, on 31-May-2006 14:26

Hi, I would be Thankful if you could send me a invite to Gmail. Thank you.

Comment by lokinz, on 1-Jun-2006 11:06

If you have a mobile you can get your own invite.

https://www.google.com/accounts/SmsMailSignup1

Comment by Ron, on 6-Jun-2006 01:12

I've been unable to get a gmail account set up. If you could send me an invitation, I'd be much obliged. Thanks.

Comment by d f mamea, on 8-Jun-2006 15:02

hi Tony

thanks muchly for a brilliant tip.

no more shall i cut text from an email, paste it into a composed webmail, ensure i cc myself, AND THEN send the bleeder.

chur


d ;)

Comment by saguna, on 15-Aug-2006 06:07

Hi,

Could you tell me why I am unable to send mail from my javamail client for gmail and yahoo. I am getting the error:

javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: smtp.gmail.com, port: 465;
nested exception is:
java.net.SocketException: Connectiopn timedout...

I am able to connect to the mail server for my university and can send messages. But I cannot understand as to what the problem is with gmail and yahoo. I have tried using port 465 for gmail and 587 for yahoo. Also I am using authentication. Is it because the smtp server is not present at the links smtp.gmail.com and smtp.mail.yahoo.com or is it because they can only be accessed using a browser. I am really confused. Your help will be really appreciated!

Comment by Merko, on 18-Aug-2006 17:22

Could anyone sent me an invitation for a gmail account THANKS!

PS. to email keeper789@mail.ru

THANKS ONCE AGAIN

Comment by Neill Rutherford, on 24-Sep-2006 19:03

Invite please

Comment by amir, on 26-Nov-2006 22:13

hi I am getting this messege what should I do?

SMTPSendFailedException: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first

how do I issu a starttls command I am using first mail sender program to send emails

Comment by mahmoodvcs, on 19-Feb-2007 02:38

do u want an invitation to gmail? mail me.

mahmood.dehghan@gmail.com

Comment by yogesh, on 11-Mar-2007 01:33

it's really urgent



i hav dis java code which i need to be embedded

in my project n i need to use smtp server here.



the code is like this



import java.io.*;



import sun.net.smtp.*;







public class HelloMail {







public static void main(String[] args) {







try {







SmtpClient sc = new SmtpClient("smtp.yahoo.com");







// from and to



sc.from("yogesh_543@yahoo.co.in");



sc.to("yog_eshy@yahoo.co.in");







// additional headers, subject et al.



PrintStream ps = sc.startMessage();



ps.println("Subject: this is a test");







// blank line separates the headers and message



ps.println();







// message body



ps.println("Hello there");



sc.closeServer();



System.out.println("FINISHED");



}

catch (IOException e) {



System.err.println("UNABLE TO CONNECT ");

System.err.println(e);





}







}







}





error is



UnknownHostException: mailhost



plz reply me wat shld i do

Comment by Orlando Joyce, on 17-Mar-2007 05:51

Thanks for a good pointer, and thanks in advance for the invite for g-mail, I'll be more than thankful...

Comment by beatus valerian mbuya, on 30-Apr-2007 02:54

I have managed to sign up for a gmail account. Thanks to gmail team.Is it possible to be alerted when there is a new mail?

Comment by Mike, on 20-Jun-2007 05:38

Does anyone make sure it is sill works this way? I am trying to configure it, but gmail require me to input the email address to get the email sent, and the the email address from is the gmail address not the myaddress.myisp.com address, another question is my myisp.com support POP not SMTP, does this still works, can I just use pop.myisp.com, and the SMTP.GMAIL.COM, is this wasy works? Thx!

Comment by abigail wood, on 24-Jul-2007 19:46

Please could I have an invite to a gmail account.

Thanks

Comment by Brennan, on 22-Aug-2007 21:27

Can I please get an invite to gmail account?

Thanks

Comment by Sara, on 1-Sep-2007 04:39

Send me a gmail account invitation.



Thanks.

Comment by technies, on 5-Nov-2007 02:15

this is a good tip, but can i use this gmail smtp

on my php scripts? (for an outgoing mail) ?

mail() function doesnt provide me authentications.

may be if i can have my own custom mailer function or somthing..



thanks

Comment by nitin, on 18-Dec-2007 01:29

please help me to set up the gmail account by which i can mail over all the networks...

thank u

Comment by Ryan, on 31-Jan-2008 10:44

Nice one Mr.Hughes,



I am 24 and an IT Consultant(Infrastructure,Security} here in Trinidad. My Sony Wireless edge card somehow timesout in reaching our only ISP smtp server, they have one geez, anyway ran tracert to confirm. Usally there is a small fee for smtp relay services on the net. NOT HERE, I can now send mail in my mail client via GMAIL when I am wireless for FREE. Thanks, it was really common sense and a chance , were lazy :) Thx. what a name for gmails smtp server, geez.



Any other nice ones?

Comment by Muhammad, on 29-Feb-2008 20:44

Hi,

I am dilettanti of java & is quite fascinated by its scope.Recently i tried my hand on idea of sending mail through a java program & to my astonishment found an existing api in java.But now i am trying the below written code & is facing some errors.



import java.util.Properties;

import javax.mail.*;

import javax.mail.Authenticator;

import javax.mail.Message;

import javax.mail.MessagingException;

import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;

import javax.mail.Session;

import javax.mail.Transport;

import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;

import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;

public class email {

public static void main (String args[]){

try{

String host="smtp.gmail.com";//setting smtp server address

String from="muhammad.civil@gmail.com";//entering senders email id

String to="susri666@gmail.com";//entering recipient's email id

Properties prop=System.getProperties();//defining system properties

prop.put("mail.smtp.host",host);//setting host to above entered host

prop.put("mail.smtp.port","465");//setting host port

Session session=Session.getDefaultInstance(prop,null);//creating a session

MimeMessage msg=new MimeMessage(session) ;//setting session

msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));//sending from

msg.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO,new InternetAddress(to));

msg.setSubject("JAVA MAIL API TESTING MAIL");

msg.setText("Hi Buddy,\nI think we can be good friends don't you agree.");

Transport.send(msg);//Finally sending message through transport

}



catch (Exception e){

e.printStackTrace();



}

}

}



and got the following errors.

javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: smtp.gmail.com, port: 465;

nested exception is:

java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect

at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1391)

at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:412)

at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:288)

at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:169)

at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:118)

at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:188)

at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:118)

at email.main(email.java:27)

Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:305)

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:171)

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:158)

at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:452)

at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:402)

at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.createSocket(SocketFetcher.java:233)

at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.getSocket(SocketFetcher.java:189)

at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1359)

... 7 more





Can anyone help me out of this problem.

Comment by Ian, on 10-Apr-2008 21:17

Please can you invite me so I can have a GMail account. Thanks.

Comment by Alex Fox, on 5-May-2008 20:23

I would like gmail on my phone thanks

Comment by Tachyon, on 16-May-2008 02:51

I think there is a lot of assumption going on with regards to google's motivation for changing outgoing mail headers. There's no basis to assume they are 'stealing' your mail so that replies will come to them. Quite the opposite. The change was most certainly to provide better service to people using gmail in the way you guys are using it.
Think about it. SPAM is becoming a huge problem, so much so that even the laziest and or most incompetent sysadmins are changing their mail servers to filter SPAM and stop relaying. So, if you sent a message from bob@isp.com and it went through gmail's SMTP server, these days 90% of receiving servers would reject due to relaying, and worse, gmail's servers would likely get added to a lot of block lists like spamhaus for being a SPAM relay.
Instead, by rewriting the headers they assure that the sender system and the from address system match so your mail gets through. They even go to the extra trouble of putting the "on behalf of bob@isp.com" line in the message so that even though they have had to change the mail headers, the recipient can tell where it really came from.

I actually think that this is pretty cool of google to go out of their way to allow people to use their servers in a way that most mail hosts not only don't provide, but forbid in their EULA.
IMO this is a nice thing for google to do, and yet another reason to use their service.

The REAL, Original Tachyon.
Accept no substitutes!

Comment by Alex Cheshire, on 13-Jun-2008 21:11

Hi Tony I been having problems with my out going mail as i use outlook and my ISP is aol, i downloaded googlemail and tried to use it for my out going mail but it will not work am i right in thinking gmail is the same as goolemail or is that why its not working for me.

Thanks Alot Alex

Comment by John, on 27-Jun-2008 20:19

Please send me an invite. sounds like Gmail will solve my smtp system - Thanks for you time and effort with this info.

Comment by Deepesh, on 8-Jul-2008 21:28

I want ot know about that how i use my gmail account as smtp or pop3
in asp.net for sending mail to other person

Comment by seampaul, on 25-Jul-2008 08:09

thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Comment by DK SITI UMMIKALTHUM, on 14-Aug-2008 16:39

Hi. I would be thankful if you could send me an invite to Gmail. Thanks

Comment by Ajasko Ajasko, on 16-Aug-2008 01:13

Can someone teach me on how to get smtp?

Comment by bethram, on 4-Sep-2008 12:59

how can i get gmail smtp.


please i nead your help here.

Comment by R. Blank, on 8-Sep-2008 12:37

Would appreciate a gmail invitation. Thanks.

Comment by Irvin, on 19-Sep-2008 00:59

@Alan

Open Google mail and go to Settings, Accounts. Add your "regular" email address under "Send mail as:" and make it the Default. Then click the radio button next to "Always reply from my default address". Job done"!

Comment by elemwalker, on 25-Sep-2008 06:47

FYI The exact message reads:

'Unable to send test message: Please verify the Email address field'

I have googled answers on this, but nothing seems to work, email, password etc are all correct as are the settings.
I've tried disabling Norton too, but no effect.
Very frustrating, if anyone out there has any ideas what else to try.

Comment by solomon, on 30-Sep-2008 04:18

i need smtp.gmail.com account

username and password

best reg
engr solomon

Comment by elemwalker, on 4-Oct-2008 05:42

Hey I cracked the problem!!!
It seems like I wasn't alone, lots of lost questions out there.
Had to download Windows Outlook Service pack 3 from the Windows update centre.
After that have now FINALLY got it working!
Best of luck everyone else.

Comment by sintia, on 2-Nov-2008 02:24

i would like to have a gmail account

Comment by Ashwin, on 30-Dec-2008 04:53

I need your help..........
can we use java mail api as an interface to connect between user system and gmail account......and also can we transfer files from user system to gmail account using java mail api

Comment by D. Miller, on 25-Jan-2009 19:06

I am old and brand new to internet. I appreciate all of the experience you bring to me. I am so
afraid of the scams and popups and such. Thanks

Comment by lito, on 27-Jan-2009 05:18

i need to set up a free smtp server..send me an invitation..tnx

Comment by Jassim Raja, on 10-Feb-2009 19:53

Thanks a lot! All my outbound emails are going thru gmail now :) I was getting sick by using my ISP's SMTP server which didn't seem to work!

Comment by Pete, on 16-Feb-2009 04:08

Hi Tony, Firstly I'd appreciate a gmail invite. Secondly, can you suggest the most economical way to send bulk email, say 5000 per month. It is a business idea, but I am happy to abide by anti-spam rules. Regards, Pete

Comment by Elite, on 20-Feb-2009 07:20

How many emails can you send with gmail smtp server per day? Anyone know? Because i tryes it and sometimes its more, sometimes less.

Comment by Steve, on 21-Feb-2009 08:56

Elite! It was 600 2 days ago.

Comment by Tolu, on 1-Mar-2009 06:03

I used the gmail smtp server and it worked but the message header has my gmail account as the from : email , how do i change that to my corporate e-mail address?
1) Is there a way out using gmail smtp server?
2) Can you give me suggestions of companies i can use apart from gmail that will not replace my corporate e-mail address with gmail account.
3) Suggest paid smtp service providers to me
4) am using sendblaster application to send out newsletters to my clients.

br,
tolu

Comment by Laurie Johnson, on 11-Mar-2009 06:45

I would like to set up a gmail account.

Comment by lluis, on 31-Mar-2009 06:47

What are you people still doing here? Gmail is open now, anyone can join! Shoo!

Comment by Dio, on 8-Apr-2009 10:14

I noticed that gmail starts to recognize emails sent thru their smtp server as spam after sending about 100 emails. I dont know how they do it

Comment by Firoz, on 13-Apr-2009 07:52

Almost 3 years later, this article has helped me.
Thanks very much.

Comment by Michal, on 17-May-2009 10:34

Hi!

I would be gratefull for a GMail-STMP :)

Comment by Kevin Mc, on 19-May-2009 15:39

Tony.
Just thought I would let you know that since I discovered this post about 18 months ago, I share this often with others like me who travel and get frustrated with not being able to send emails via Outlook from the wifi in my hotel b/c outgoing emails get blocked. Gmail's smtp server does not get blocked!
Thanks again for this useful tip.

Comment by Ara Manuelian, on 24-May-2009 20:16

I would like a gmail account please

Comment by kaushal, on 25-May-2009 18:42

i used the the smtp host smtp.gmail.com and ports 456 and 587 on a software that automatically sends
email.
when i tested it i got an error:

failed to connect to smtp server
socket is not connected

Comment by Ahmed, on 15-Jun-2009 19:05

Hi,

I'm using gmail as my account and smtp. My problem begins when I try to connect my account via MS outlook. Gmail specifies my IP address in sent emails. Has anybody a solution to keep the anonymity using Gmail/Outlook?

tnx

Comment by patrick, on 15-Jul-2009 03:17

why so many comments about getting gmail accounts?
surely its just
1. go to mail.google.com
2. sign up for a google account
3. sign up.
am i missing something?

Comment by Adam, on 25-Jul-2009 10:58

Thanks for the guide, tony please can you tell me of any other free smtp relay services that can display my own domain as I relay through?

Comment by ishika, on 5-Aug-2009 18:56

i m using Advanced mass sender 4.2 as a email proram to send mails first i had bought an smtp it was working fine but now they have blocked.

how can i use gmail settings with this software can u please give a brief description

however it only asks for
server name:
userid (helo):User (default)
port:25 (default)
cc/bcc size:50 (default)

use authentication
username:
password:

Comment by Brian Lockhart, on 7-Jan-2010 16:11

thanks , i would like the incoming, outgoing,info

Comment by shahid, on 18-Feb-2010 02:00

i am travelling in usa for 2 weeks.
incoming server is as my website email account.
i need the smtp server fpr outgoing message through outlook.

Comment by quang, on 10-Apr-2010 22:57

The code found in this example should be fairly straightforward, so I won't elaborate on its contents, although it's worth noting that in this particular case PHP's OpenSSL extension must be enabled, because Gmail requires an SSL connection in addition to SMTP authentication. If your server doesn't require SSL, you should be able to authenticate without necessarily reconfiguring PHP to include this extension.

Comment by uche, on 21-Apr-2011 00:44

pls send me an invite so i can start off immediately

Comment by santos, on 17-Jul-2011 18:15

can this be used with AMS (advanced mail sender) if not can you help me with how to generate the smtp codes for the use on AMS

Comment by vinod kumbhar, on 10-Sep-2011 20:50

Great dude ,nice information i used it,working very useful ,thanks once again..............

Comment by chris kibuchi, on 13-Oct-2011 02:19

I have a problem in using mail API to send email from Gmail in Java application. I am getting this error while trying to connect:
javax.mail.MessagingException: Unknown SMTP host: smtp.gmail.com;
nested exception is:
java.net.UnknownHostException: smtp.gmail.com
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1280)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:370)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:275)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:156)
at Mail.sendMail(Mail.java:77)
at Mail.main(Mail.java:30)
Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: smtp.gmail.com
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:175)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:384)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:546)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:579)
at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:160)
at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.createSocket(SocketFetcher.java:232)
at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.getSocket(SocketFetcher.java:163)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1250)
... 5 more

Comment by Mario, on 10-Jan-2012 16:28

I would very much appreciate an invite to use the free SMTP server. thank you.

Comment by hary, on 29-May-2012 22:29

Dear Tony, thanks for your advice, we can now using gmail SMTP for sending our automated generated email from our project management server. Its really helpful and it runs perfectly now. Thanks again.

Regards,
Hary