How to configure custom.properties file to utilize Gmail as SMTP server for send

Custom smtp setup for custom.properties is here:
forum.appian.com/.../Mail_Server_Setup
(Note your password goes in password.properties, not custom.properties).

The setting for sending mail from gmail are:
support.google.com/.../78799

(disclaimer: I have never setup send mail thru gmail,
I am only providing the settings you will need _if_ it is possible)

custom.properties:
conf.mailhandler.mail.smtp.host=smtp.gmail.com:465
conf.mailhandler.mail.smtp.auth=true
conf.mailhandler.mail.user=your.account@gmail.com #or @your.gapps.com

password.properies:
conf.password.SMTP=your.gmail.password

I tried this on Appian 7.1 and was told there is no support for GMAIL. We use a local SMTP host for sending mail, but I understand there is a way to setup a mail relay from localhost SMTP to GMAIL if this is a hill to die on. Maybe 7.2 has support.

HTH,
David.

We had tried port 587 and that didn't work. Trying 465. The error that's provided doesn't exactly help in narrowing down the source of the problem:

Problem: An error occurred in executing an Activity Class.
Recommended Action: Examine the activity class to correct the error and then resume.
Priority of this problem: High Priority

Hello Bruce,

Yes, David is exactly correct. Appain cannot send emails through gmail since its SSL enabled. But we can do this by configuring a local email sever to act as a relay between Appain and Gmail. We have done this on Appain 7 using Apache James as a relay. You have to enable SSL in James properties and configure it to act as a relay. So Appian will send emails to James which will then act as a relay to send the same using gmail.

James, David Arjund: Thanks for the information. Sounds like we some hoops to jump through if we plan to use gmail. Bill and I have some figuring to do as we do not use apache services.