No errors anywhere? Just RC=8?
"It's a certificate error" -Hansen's Law https://bit.listserv.ibm-main.narkive.com/4Iu5ZeUA/setting-up-gmail-as-outbound-mail-server-on-z-os might be a hint, especially the bit about enabling gsktrace, which is your friend. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN