I'd like to bump this as well, I'm trying to get back into MLO and running into endless problems.
On Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 9:43:48 PM UTC-7, Peter Conradie wrote: > > 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]) >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/bb0aadc0-14d6-4670-80ce-d8339a3f9dd3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
