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Google Mail Server as Outgoing Mail
MetroVPS_NMP
Host Rep, Veteran
Hi,
Have you anyone heard that Google Apps configured domain mail can be used as Outgoing Mail Server via SMTP through any web hosted software/billing panel like WHMCS ?? One of my colleagues told me about that. But, according to his instructions, I did but in WHMCS it said: Couldn't authenticate although Username and Password was right. I have checked it several times.
Do you anyone use this system ?? If anyone uses, then please let me know about the proper system, I will be very much grateful to you. Alternatively, you can inform me if there is no system like this or Google has discontinued it on Free Google Apps users !
Thanks.
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We used it for a while but they have too restrictive limits on the number of outgoing messages allowed per day for our use.
I recommend sendgrid.
We use Google Apps SMTP for outbound. It did not work for us at first either. Make sure you are using port 995 for outgoing and that the port is actually not blocked on your server or at the host where WHMCS is hosted. Other than that its just [email protected] and password.
Exactly my thougs.
And when we are talking about "too restrictive" I should thinking about 10 mails, 100, 1000, 10million?
I seem to remember it being 300 outbound per day... Not too sure. It's been a couple of years.
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=166852
@Patrick
Thanks, 2000 is good enough for my needs. (No hosting
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This limit is also good enough for my needs at the moment but its good to know what the limit is. Thanks @Patrick. Amazing what comes up on LET
Please note that http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=166852 says "The following limits apply for Google Apps for Business or Education editions."
So if you have a free account the limits are much lower, about 100 - 200 per day. If you go over that the email account could be permanently disabled, and no way to re-activate.
You are better off using Sendgrid or a similar service.
@colm ah, ok. That makes sense. I already have a SendGrid account so I'll switch to that for outgoing.
Even in testing I can generate 100 per day, not much use in this case
Also see http://mandrill.com/. 12K free monthly.
@tech163 thanks. I was looking for a second good service when I saw this thread. I wanted to save the SendGrid account for blogs but needed something with a better reputation than self hosted smtp for billing. This may work out.
Isn't 995 used for incoming mail ?? Then, how it would work for outgoing ??
How to setup:
http://blog.bokhorst.biz/6507/computers-and-internet/how-to-setup-a-vps-as-web-server/#setup_email
I'm trying to use SendGrid and Mandrill in WHMCS to send out emails but emails from these two are also marked as SPAM in Gmail
I can't find out any good thing !!
@ehostlab Mine are not being marked as spam by either. Are you able to set SPF or DKIM?
In Mandrillapp, I can find out the SPF Setting but in SendGrid, I can't
+1
I used SendGrid for awhile and one thing I found annoying was the way the silent drops worked after a message bounced. Maybe I misunderstood how it worked but this 'feature' to protect the reputation of the sender by default was quite annoying.
@ehostlab sorry I meant port 587 I believe
Have you even ever actually USED it?
I recommend Postmark, amazing folks over here.
New Thing PostMark, have to try once !
Yes, I have used it for 2 months, want me to send you an email from it for proof?