How do I use Gmail as my mail server?

If you have a working Gmail account you can use Gmail as your mail server by setting it in the global configuration.

On the server tab set the following:

• Mailer: SMTP
• Set the next three lines with your information, leave your path untouched unless you are sure it needs to change for some reason.
• SMTP Authentication: Yes
• SMTP Security: SSL
• SMTP Port 465
• SMTP username: your gmail username
• SMTP password: your gmail password
• SMTP host: smtp.gmail.com

Note that if you are using WAMP on Windows, you may need to enable the openssl module (which is not enabled by default). To do this:

1. Open the php.ini file and uncomment out the line extension=php_openssl.dll.
2. Save the php.ini file and restart the Apache service.