Thanks! This looks very promising for me.

> On 2023-11-30, at 20:51, Eric Van Deputte 
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> Hello,
> 
> Try these sites ...
> 
> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en
> 
> https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D53w00005GuFkjCAF/how-to-set-up-smtp-server-for-gmail-to-send-email-from-filemaker-pro
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> Op 30/11/2023 om 21:27 schreef Rowland Carson:
>> I’m trying to script the sending of a batch of e-mail messages from a FMP 
>> membership database. I am doing this on behalf of the membership secretary 
>> so I do not want replies coming back to me. I can make it work on test OK if 
>> I use my e-mail client and personal e-mail account as the sender, but in 
>> practice I want to send the message using another gmail account. The idea is 
>> to make it clear that the message comes from the organisation rather than 
>> from me personally, and thus ensure that replies are correctly routed.
>> 
>> I have tried to set up gmail following advice in their help pages and 
>> elsewhere, but all the combinations of things I have tried give me a message 
>> “Unable to log in to the SMTP server”.
>> 
>> The account I am planning to use normally has POP & IMAP turned off, because 
>> all incoming messages are forwarded to a Google Group which acts as a 
>> collaborative inbox and so the committee do not need to look at the ordinary 
>> gmail account in the normal course of events. So I turned POP on so that the 
>> SMTP server would work, and have tried both SSL & TLS in the FMP SMTP setup 
>> dialogue.
>> 
>> I’m using FMP 19.6.3, running Mac OS 12.7.1 on a Mac Mini M1.
>> 
>> Does anyone have a recipe for success in this endeavour?
>> 
>> in friendship
>> 
>> Rowland
>> 
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