<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,<br><br></div>As a workaround I suggest don't use Gmail, but try Mandrill instead (free too).<br><br>Here are almost bullet-proof instructions I have used for many sites with success:<br><br><a href="http://opensourcehacker.com/2013/03/26/using-postfix-and-free-mandrill-email-service-for-smtp-on-ubuntu-linux-server/">http://opensourcehacker.com/2013/03/26/using-postfix-and-free-mandrill-email-service-for-smtp-on-ubuntu-linux-server/</a><br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Mikko<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 June 2014 21:34, jblaney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:theman3788@gmail.com" target="_blank">theman3788@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Sorry if this has been answered before, I've really been looking for a<br>
solution for this for a while now. I'm trying to set up Plone to send email<br>
through my gmail smtp. I've configured it on gmail and I've made sure that<br>
python was compiled with ssl, but when I type in the information it says<br>
that it keeps unexpectedly timing out. I'm attaching the traceback. any help<br>
would be GREATLY appreciated.<br>
<br>
2014-06-26 11:21:29 ERROR Plone Unable to send test e-mail.<br>
Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
  File<br>
"/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/plone.app.controlpanel-2.3.8-py2.7.egg/plone/app/controlpanel/mail.py",<br>
line 207, in handle_test_action<br>
    immediate=True)<br>
  File<br>
"/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/Products.MailHost-2.13.1-py2.7.egg/Products/MailHost/MailHost.py",<br>
line 237, in send<br>
    self._send(mfrom, mto, messageText, immediate)<br>
  File<br>
"/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/Products.MailHost-2.13.1-py2.7.egg/Products/MailHost/MailHost.py",<br>
line 337, in _send<br>
    self._makeMailer().send(mfrom, mto, messageText)<br>
  File<br>
"/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/Products.CMFPlone-4.3.3-py2.7.egg/Products/CMFPlone/patches/sendmail.py",<br>
line 12, in _catch<br>
    return func(*args, **kwargs)<br>
  File<br>
"/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/zope.sendmail-3.7.5-py2.7.egg/zope/sendmail/mailer.py",<br>
line 46, in send<br>
    connection = self.smtp(self.hostname, str(self.port))<br>
  File "/Applications/Plone/Python-2.7/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 251,<br>
in __init__<br>
    (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)<br>
  File "/Applications/Plone/Python-2.7/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 312,<br>
in connect<br>
    (code, msg) = self.getreply()<br>
  File "/Applications/Plone/Python-2.7/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 360,<br>
in getreply<br>
    + str(e))<br>
SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed: timed out<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mikko Ohtamaa<br><a href="http://opensourcehacker.com" target="_blank">http://opensourcehacker.com</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/moo9000" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/moo9000</a><br>

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