how to set mail setting in joomla1.5.14 locally using smtp server?



i am preparing a project in joomla, but i got stucked at a point.
when i send mail through mass mail in joomla i got the error : SMTP Error! Could not connect to SMTP host. Pls anyone is there who can help me.
current i am running the joomla from localhost.
my mail setting is as follow:

Mailer : smtp server
Mail from : msyadav.88.gmail.com
From Name : msyadav.88
Sendmail Path /usr/sbin/sendmail
SMTP Authentication Yes
SMTP Security ssl
SMTP Port 25
SMTP Username msyadav.88+gmail.com
SMTP Password password
SMTP Host : mail.gmail.com

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One Response

  1. Mech Says:

    The SMTP host and port are wrong.

    telnet mail.gmail.com 25
    mail.gmail.com: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

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