Using gmail for mac smtp

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If I click Connection Doctor it connects fine, and says:Ĭonnection to server succeeded login not requiredĪll the instructions I can find by googling tell me it should do auto setup it all when I add account and sign in through google.ĭoes anyone have any tips for a mac noob? Much appreciated. I've had a look at the account settings through apple mail and can't really change anything. I've never had a mac before so I'm not super confident in playing around with it. Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent. The server response was: Authentication Required. To download Gmail from mail server to your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad or other devices, you have to enable POP or IMAP in Gmail settings, then set up gmail with an email program via POP or IMAP on your device. The sender address was rejected by the server . Gmail SMTP servers are the outgoing servers, the SMTP server allows you to send emails through your Gmail accounts from any email program.

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and add in the following below the commented out relayhosts :. Taken from Using MacOSX Lion command line mail with Gmail as SMTP. i've just tried to send an email now and get this error message: Configure Postfix for Gmail SMTP in Mac OSX Mavericks. All I had to do was add account and sign in with my google info. In the apple store the sales guy set up gmail through the apple mail program, but we didn't actually check it. Just brought home my first mac ever, macbook pro 13' retina.