Problem
You want to use ColdFusion to send an email using gmail's smtp server.
Solution
Use the cfmail tag and specify the useSSL, server, and port attributes to match gmail's requirements.
Detailed explanation
ColdFusion 8 added support for SSL SMTP connections to the CFMAIL tag. GMail's smtp servers require a secure connection. You can use the following code to send an email through gmail:
<cfmail server="smtp.gmail.com"
username="username@gmail.com"
password="secret"
port="465"
useSSL="true"
to="recipient@example.com"
from="username@gmail.com"
subject="Gmail Test">
Email Message.
</cfmail>
Note that you can also setup the default SMTP server in ColdFusion Administrator to use GMail's SMTP server as well, use the same settings specified in the above code to accomplish this.
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