[AccessD] A2003: Connecting with GMAIL

Sorry,  just did a bit more checking.  GMail requires SSL/TLS so you can't use Blat with it 
directly.  You would need to also set up stunnel which would be a real PITA.

-- 
Stuart

On 27 Aug 2014 at 11:05, Darren wrote:

> Hey Stuart,
> Sounds good. I've heard you speak of Blat before. Now it's relevant to
> me... so now I'm now listening :-) - lol So what's involved? How does
> BLAT work with GMAIL? 
> 
> Also - I'll explain what I'm doing. As I'll have a lot of q's for the
> list in the coming months, I expect. I'm about to embark on a big
> pro-bono exercise for a Community based charity here. About to write
> (have a started actually) a tool to manage their clients and their
> associated programs. And will do it in Access - all accessed by
> (Terminal Server)Remote Desktop logons. At the moment they are using
> GMAIL and Google as their email and calendaring tools. So rather than
> force them 'into anything', I thought I'd see if I could 'interact'
> with whatever they have already in place. They have no money it's
> largely volunteers and non-techies running the show. So whatever I
> give them has to be simple with not a lot of upheaval if possible.
> Make sense? I know a lot of you have been in exactly this position
> before. Thanks heaps Darren
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
> McLachlan Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2014 10:38 AM To: Access
> Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD]
> A2003: Connecting with GMAIL
> 
> I would build the email in code from the various text boxes and use
> Blat.DLL to send it to GMail.
> 
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> Stuart
> 
> On 27 Aug 2014 at 10:14, Darren wrote:
> 
> > Hi Y'all
> > Do any of you have experience connecting to GMAIL from Access?
> > IE - Sending emails via the GMAIL account using Access Screens etc.
> > I found some 'dead' links on the googles, not much else for VBA.
> > Many thanks in advance Darren
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