Send Emails from app through Gmail

Hey,

I own dncflr.com, its hosted on Winhost. I've been using google apps for a while now, for emailing purposes. all the MX records are pointing to google. no problem there.

I started developing and RSVP system, so i used the no-reply address i setup on googleapps, to send the email from.

Code:

<mailSettings>
	<smtp deliveryMethod="Network">
		<network host="smtp.gmail.com" enableSsl="true" port="587" userName="[email protected]" password="*********" />
	</smtp>
</mailSettings>

tested it on my dev pc. no problem there.

so i moved the code base to the server. test it there. the emails were not being sent, no error code or exception was being thrown up.

while in my research i ran into this website
http://blog.emeraldwalk.com/2010/11/Winhost-smtp-relay-settings.html

so i decided to try using my personal gmail address, like so

Code:

<mailSettings>
	<smtp deliveryMethod="Network">
		<network host="smtp.gmail.com" enableSsl="true" port="587" userName="[email protected]" password="*********" />
	</smtp>
</mailSettings>

No other changes were made, but the emails were sent this time around.

Is there a way to enable the usage of email addresses from a domain hosted on Winhost?

thanks

 

If you disable email service in Site Manager > Email Manager (https://cp.Winhost.com/sites/email.aspx) the local delivery for your domain won't be attempted. That should solve the problem.