Gmail SMTP Server and Port Settings

Gmail SMTP server can be used to send emails from any of your favorite email client.You can send mail for any email address from any network that lets you connect to Gmail SMTP server, using your Gmail account.

The following are the Gmail SMTP server and port settings for sending mail through Gmail from any email client program:

• under Outgoing mail, set Gmail SMTP server address: smtp.gmail.com
• Configure Gmail SMTP user name as: your full Gmail address (including @gmail.com) Google Apps users may have to enter username@your_domain.com
• Configure Gmail SMTP password as: Your Gmail password
• Configure Gmail SMTP port as: 465 or 587
• Configure Gmail SMTP TLS/SSL required as: yes

If you tried configuring your SMTP server on port 465 (with SSL) and port 587 (with TLS), but are still having trouble sending mail, try configuring your SMTP to use port 25 (with SSL). But make sure SSL is active for SMTP in your mail client.Also ensure ‘allow authentication’ is active for the SMTP server in your mail client.

Check out how to troubleshoot Gmail SMTP Server connection.

Before using your Gmail Account as your SMTP server, make sure that you have enabled Gmail POP3 or Gmail IMAP through settings in your Gmail Account.

You can also check Hotmail SMTP and Yahoo SMTP settings to send mails via Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail respectively.