Attempting to connect to Gmail SMTP server over port 465 using SSL, but get a connection error.
Resolution:
The problem is that gmail-smtp port 465 requires SSL to work (http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13287).
Sub SendGMail()
' Object creation
Set objMsg = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
Set msgConf = CreateObject("CDO.Configuration")
' Server Configuration
msgConf.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
msgConf.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "smtp.gmail.com"
msgConf.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 465
msgConf.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = 1
msgConf.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") = "user@gmail.com"
msgConf.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") = "password"
msgConf.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl") = 1
msgConf.Fields.Update
' Email
objMsg.To = "user@gmail.com"
objMsg.From = "fromuser@domain.com"
objMsg.Subject = "Test send with Gmail account"
objMsg.HTMLBody = "HTML/Plain text message."
objMsg.Sender = "Mr. Name"
Set objMsg.Configuration = msgConf
' Send
objMsg.Send
' Clear
Set objMsg = nothing
Set msgConf = nothing
End Sub