Gmail as your SMTP server in AEM: To send email from AEM

How to set up the Gmail SMTP server which will let you send an email from your AEM instance? 

Note: In the Production environment, one should use a production-grade SMTP server to send out emails.

Follow the steps:
Open CQ web console [https://localhost:4502/system/console/configMgr]
Search [ctrl+F] “Day CQ Mail Service”.
Configure the bundle as shown below.

SMTP server hostname
smtp.gmail.com

SMTP server port
465

SMTP user
Your Username

SMTP password
You Password

“From address”
Your email

SMTP to SSL
true

Debug email
Don’t check

The configured service snap below. “Save” the configurations.


Try sending the mail, if it still fails and you get an error something like “Sending the email to the following server failed: smtp.gmail.com:25”
Then, you need to change your Gmail account security settings.
For that go to – https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps



Turn “on” below settings and test your application again.
You shall get mail in your inbox successfully.