Gmail's POP for sending registration email.

So, I've searched and searched, to no avail.
Google is hosting my domain's email. (Yes, it's some beta for domain email.)
Much like Windows Live Custom Domains beta.

Now, as we all know, Google is kind enough to let us use their POP mail servers.
So, I'm trying to use that POP access to use my domain email to send out registration information for gallery users. (Yes, I use google's supplied ports)

It doesn't work. It spews some errors.
Here's the settings that Google provides for us to access it's POP features, after enabling the email account to use POP:

But, gallery lets me use: Server, username, password, return-to addr.

Anyway, here's the error (and sometimes there's no error when I try sending a test email, it just returns a blank page.):

From what I can see, and gather, Google requires the STARTTLS (SSL?) in this case. Or something like that? And ofcourse, Gallery doesn't have that.

Here's my question -> Can someone help me out? Please?

Most if not all php scripts don't support smtp auth yet. I think there were a couple but it was extremely rare. I don't think there is even a single one that supports the smtp secure protocol either. So it may not be possible to do this via php. I did hit some php scripts using smtp auth so I will see if something works. I have a gmail account with pop enabled so I will work with that and see what I come up with.

EDIT: It is possible to code it using the XPertMailer pear class. Their address is http://www.xpertmailer.com/

Here is a description:

XPertMailer is a PHP class that you can use to send encoded MIME type e-mail messages (text, HTML, HTML embedded images, attachments) towards a localhost, client or relay SMTP servers with optional authorisation and TLS/SSL support. Cc and Bcc functionality are included.

Any headway at all?

This is the error I get:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\viewer\lib\smtp\smtp.php on line 25

PS: Thanks for trying.

ssl://smtp.gmail.com^465

goes in the "Server" box in:

admin > General > Email

By the way, I made the above modification on Gallery 2.2.2 and it works fine for me.

bump anyone?

im bumping this. Having the same problem with firefox mail and the mod above gives me the follwoing error:

Error (ERROR_UNKNOWN) : Could not send mail to

in C:\...\Gallery\modules\core\classes\helpers\MailHelper_simple.class at line 93 (GalleryCoreApi::error)
in C:\...\Gallery\modules\core\classes\GalleryCoreApi.class at line 2734 (MailHelper_simple::sendTemplatedEmail)
in C:\...\Gallery\modules\core\AdminCore.inc at line 179 (GalleryCoreApi::sendTemplatedEmail)
in C:\...\Gallery\main.php at line 231 (AdminCoreController::handleRequest)
in C:\...\Gallery\main.php at line 94
in C:\...\Gallery\main.php at line 83

file_exists(E:\Pictures\smarty\templates_c\%%3047035672)
is_dir(E:\Pictures\smarty\templates_c\%%3047035672)
file_exists(E:\Pictures\smarty\templates_c\%%3047035672)
is_writeable(E:\Pictures\smarty\templates_c\%%3047035672)
file_exists(E:\Pictures\smarty\templates_c\%%3047035672/v_12)
file_exists(C:\...\Gallery//modules/core/templates/local/EmailTest.tpl)
file_exists(C:\D...\Gallery//modules/core/templates/EmailTest.tpl)
stat(C:\...\Gallery//modules/core/templates/EmailTest.tpl)
getParameter smtp.from for core plugin
file_exists(E:\Pictures\cache\module/core/0/0/0.inc)

(mysqli):
SELECT
g2_PluginParameterMap.g_itemId,
g2_PluginParameterMap.g_parameterName,
g2_PluginParameterMap.g_parameterValue
FROM
g2_PluginParameterMap
WHERE
g2_PluginParameterMap.g_pluginType = 'module'
AND
g2_PluginParameterMap.g_pluginId = 'core'
AND
g2_PluginParameterMap.g_itemId = 0

file_exists(E:\Pictures\cache\module/core/0/0)
is_dir(E:\Pictures\cache\module/core/0/0)
file_exists(E:\Pictures\cache\module/core/0/0)
is_dir(E:\Pictures\cache\module/core/0/0)
file_exists(E:\Pictures\cache\module/core/0/0/0.inc)
rename(E:\Pictures\cache\module\core\0\0\0.i823.tmp,
E:\Pictures\cache\module/core/0/0/0.inc)
mail(otheremal@gmail.com, Gallery Email Test, This is a test email
from Gallery2, Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:02:07 -0500
From:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
)
realpath(C:\...\Gallery\modules\core\classes/../../../)
realpath(C:\...\Gallery/)
smtpmail error: Error (ERROR_PLATFORM_FAILURE) : Could not connect to smtp
host : 125238808 : Unable to find the socket transport "ssl" -
did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? in C:\...\Gallery\lib\smtp\smtp.php at
line 71 (GalleryCoreApi::error)
in C:\...\Gallery\modules\core\classes\GalleryPlatform.class at line 968
in C:\...\Gallery\modules\core\classes\helpers\MailHelper_simple.class at
line 90 (GalleryPlatform::mail)
in C:\...\Gallery\modules\core\classes\GalleryCoreApi.class at line 2734
(MailHelper_simple::sendTemplatedEmail)
in C:\...\Gallery\modules\core\AdminCore.inc at line 179
(GalleryCoreApi::sendTemplatedEmail)
in C:\...\Gallery\main.php at line 231
(AdminCoreController::handleRequest)
in C:\...\Gallery\main.php at line 94
in C:\...\Gallery\main.php at line 83

The mod did not work under 2.1.2. I upgraded to 2.2.4 and the mod works like a charm. THANKS a bunch!!

You can use PHP's parse_url() function for a bit of a cleaner fix.

Replace line 68 in smtp.php with the following:
$url_info = parse_url($config['smtp.host']);
$config['smtp.host'] = $url_info['scheme'].'://'.$url_info['host'];
$port = $url_info['port'];

Bump!

Having exactly the same problem, and with the latest version of gallery2 (2.3) Has anyone found a solution to this?
Using ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465 (or ^465, with appropriate changes in smtp.php), and proper login details, it gives me the same error as everyone else.

Thanks,

The errors above are PHP/SSL configuration errors on your webserver.

In the text you posted above the following string tells all:

Sadly I don't know how to help you fix that. Good Luck!