Failure when trying to connect to SMTP mail server

Question

Hello everyone !

I have a kind of huge situation here...

I would like to configure my outbound SMTP mail server. i'm using Gmail for it.
So, i use "smtp.gmail.com" in SMTP server, i chose 587 as the smtp port, and i tried both SSL and TLS.
My gmail address and gmail password are correct.

But yet, when sending the test mail, i got this error message :"Erreur emailing :Failed to connect to outbound SMTP Mail Server"

I've search for the imap in Php5, and i do have IMAP enabled. I don't know what to do, and i'm totally confuse and at a dead end : i'll use the outbound a lot, and i need to receive email too !

I'm kind of in a hurry with a seems-to-be unresolvable mess.

Could you help me please ?

My configuration :
- SugarCRM Professional, Version 7.5.2.1 (Build 1008)
- PHP version 5.3.23
in php info, in "Configure command", i have "--with-imap-ssl", and in Protocol, i have imaps and imap.

Please, please help me !

Thanks a lot for your time !

Gaelle Fernandez · Accepted Answer

Okay, at least, the test email is working Dan Kallish helped me by giving me advices for logs. (traditionnally, i just open the sugarcrm.log and try to find something). And Jason Thiede was totally right : we have to allow access to the google account, but we DO need allowing less secure apps to access . My first try was doing it in chrome but my sugar was open on Firefox, therefore it did not work. But then, i allowed it via firefox and it does work now. Hopefully, i'm using gmail only for tests, because i don't know how we could allow access from every user's computer on chrome/ff/ie... Thanks to Shijin Krishna to, because well, sometimes we need some reminders. Problem Solved, and good luck with SMTP and Gmail ! BUT i still have another problem with inbound emails. I'll open a new thread. Thanks a lot gentlemen !