The stunnel work around may have worked in the past but does not work presently. There have been many requests for the seamless integration of the Gmail capability dating back to November 2009. Is this feature on the todo list yet ? I am sure many users would value the addition of built-in Gmail support.
On Friday, December 4, 2009 10:32:13 AM UTC+2, Andrey Tkachuk (MLO) wrote: > > In response to this message about using Gmail for sending MLO > reminder emails: > > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized/browse_thread/thread/ae0449b740adbc9e/ > > > qhamel just sent me more detailed instructions (Thanks qhamel!) : > > ------------------------ > Here is a more detailed explanation on how to configure use MLO with > Gmail: > > GMail as your SMTP server > > GMail requires secure connections > > If you want to configure MLO to use GMail as its SMTP server, you will > find that currently MLO does not support secure (TLS/STARTTLS) > connections for email. To work around this, you will need to run > another program (stunnel) to "wrap" MLO's connection to GMail. MLO > will then connect to stunnel, which will connect to gmail. > > Download / Configure stunnel > Download the latest windows Stunnell installer and run the installer. > Install stunnel to the directory C:\Stunnel. > > Inside the c:\Stunnel directory create a text file called > gmailsmtp.txt with the following content (8 lines). > > ; SMTP configuration for Gmail > output = SMTPgmail.log > taskbar = no > cert = stunnel.pem > client = yes > [ssmtp] > accept = 10.0.0.1:8025 > connect = smtp.gmail.com:465 > > Change 10.0.0.1 to your computer's IP address or name. Do not use > "localhost" or 127.0.0.1 as that won't work. The best way is to go to > Control Panel and click on "System" and click on the Computer name > tab. Highlight and copy the full computer name for your PC. > > Open a command prompt (cmd.exe) and navigate to the stunnel install > directory (CD C:\Stunnel). Enter the following 2 commands to run > stunnel as a Windows Service: > > stunnel -install gmailsmtp.txt > net start stunnel > > Now Configure MLO email settings > > Now you need to configure MLO Email Settings to connect to stunnel. > > Your SMTP server: Your computer name you just got off of the computer > name tab > Port: 8025 > Check My server requires Authentication > Userid: your gmail address ([email protected] <javascript:>) > Password: your gmail password > Now press the "Test" button. If you configured everything correctly, a > test email will be sent. This test email will also show up inside your > gmail account in the "Sent Mail" folder. > > qhamel > ------------- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/334319db-f203-4708-8824-09e1085d6709%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
