Using Kmail to send mail through Gmail

[Jonas Norlander]

2009/3/17 Howard Coles Jr. <dhcolesj at gmail.com>:
> On Sunday 15 March 2009 01:58:55 pm Jonas Norlander wrote:
>> For most of the time I uses Gmails web interface but I wanted to test
>> Kmail in KDE 4.2.1 so I configure it to work with Gmail but I cant
>> send mail through there smtp. I get a SSL error. This looks related:
>>
>> http://forums.opensuse.org/archives/sf-archives/archives-opensuse-beta/3467
>>29-kmail-can-not-send-email.html http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161044
>> but sasl2 is installed and I'm fairly sure i got the configuration for
>> Gmail right. Any one using Kmail to send mail through Gmail?
>>
>> / Jonas
>
> Jonas setup your Sending GMAIL account in Settings -> Configure Kmail ->
> Accounts -> Sending.
>
> In the General Tab create it as follows:
> Name: (whatever you like I just use GMAIL)
> Host: smtp.gmail.com
> Port: 465
> Encryption: SSL
> Under "Advanced"
> Check the "Server Requires authentication" check box then put your gmail
> email address as "userid at gmail.com" without the double quotes, and password
> (choose to store password or not), and then select "plain" under
> "Authentication Method"
>
> Then obviously back under "Identities" setup your Gmail ID and under the
> Advanced Tab select the "GMAIL" account as the Sending Transport.
>

Thanks!

I have already sorted it out now. For some reason it had changed from
TLS to SSL. Are you sure you are using port 465? The official port
from the google documentation say it should be 587.

/ Jonas