Title: Problem configuring smtp with gmail
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problem configuring smtp with gmail

 *  Resolved [j1dias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josemyfirsthouseazcom/)
 * (@josemyfirsthouseazcom)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-configuring-smtp-with-gmail/)
 * Hi,
 * I am trying to configure email to use SMTP with my gmail apps account.
 * Notification sender name: my name
    Notification sender address: my gmail apps
   email address Mail sending method SMTP Send HTML Emails? Yes Add br tags to HTML
   emails? Yes Mail sending port 465 Use SMTP authentication? Yes SMTP host: ssl://
   smtp.gmail.com:465 SMTP username: my gmail apps account SMTP password: my gmail
   password
 * When I press the test email settings button, I get:
 * Email not sent.
    The following From address failed: my gmail address
 * Can you help?
 * Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/)
 * (@netweblogic)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-configuring-smtp-with-gmail/#post-3315607)
 * gmail works very reliably for me with the recommended settings (these look ok).
 * could it be your gmail account isn’t set up to allow sending via SMTP? see your
   settings > accounts in gmail.com
 *  Thread Starter [j1dias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josemyfirsthouseazcom/)
 * (@josemyfirsthouseazcom)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-configuring-smtp-with-gmail/#post-3315610)
 * Marcus,
 * Thank you for replying. I ended up calling my hosting company (1and1) and found
   out that they do not allow shared hosting customers to send email through third
   party smtp services. So, it was not the plugin’s fault. It was 1and1.
 * Have a good one!
 *  [agelonwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelonwl/)
 * (@angelonwl)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-configuring-smtp-with-gmail/#post-3315611)
 * thanks for updating.

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [agelonwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelonwl/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-configuring-smtp-with-gmail/#post-3315611)
 * Status: resolved