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Sending Gmail using vba Send error

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Kim296

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Good Morning, I have been trying to figure out how to send gmail using vba in Microsoft Access. I feel like the below code is correct as it's the same on every tutorial, instructions and research blog that I've found over the past week. I feel like I'm missing something else that I should be doing. I have enabled the IMAP on my google account. I have turned on 2 step authentication and received the APP password.

The error that I keep getting says: "The transport failed to connect to the server"

Any research direction or help on this issue is appreciated.

Code: 
Private Sub sendgmail_Click()

    Dim newMail As CDO.Message
    Dim mailConfiguration As CDO.Configuration
    Dim fields As Variant
    Dim msConfigURL As String
    
    On Error GoTo errHandle
    
    Set newMail = New CDO.Message
    Set mailConfiguration = New CDO.Configuration
    
    mailConfiguration.Load -1
    
    Set fields = mailConfiguration.fields
    
    With newMail
        .Subject = "Testing Gmail Sending ability"
        .From = "enter_from_email"
        .To = "enter_to_email"
        .CC = ""
        .BCC = ""
        ' To set email body as HTML, use .HTMLBody
        ' To send a complete webpage, use .CreateMHTMLBody
        .TextBody = "This is a test email."
        
    End With
    
    msConfigURL = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration"[/URL]
    
    With fields
        .Item(msConfigURL & "/smtpusessl") = True
        .Item(msConfigURL & "/smtpauthenticate") = 1
        
        .Item(msConfigURL & "/smtpserver") = "smtp.gmail.com"
        .Item(msConfigURL & "/smtpserverport") = 465
        .Item(msConfigURL & "/sendusing") = 2
        
        .Item(msConfigURL & "/sendusername") = "enter_gmail"
        .Item(msConfigURL & "/sendpassword") = "enter_gmail_App_Password"
        
        .Update
    
    End With
    
    newMail.Configuration = mailConfiguration
    newMail.Send
    
    MsgBox "E-Mail has been sent", vbInformation
    
exit_line:
    '// Release object memory
    Set newMail = Nothing
    Set mailConfiguration = Nothing
    
    Exit Sub
    
errHandle:
    
    MsgBox "Error: " & Err.Description, vbInformation
    
    GoTo exit_line
    
End Sub
 
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I assume you have a reference to [tt]Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Library[/tt] in your Project

It may help to know which line of code causes the error "The transport failed to connect to the server"

---- Andy

"Hmm...they have the internet on computers now"--Homer Simpson
 
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Thank you for your response. Yes, I do have the Microsoft CDO library in my reference tools.

The line of error is occurring from the "newmail.Send" line. This is what makes me think that I'm missing a step somewhere not relating to this code.
 
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This is a Sub that I've been using for years to send e-mails. Hopefully you can adjust it to your needs.

Code: 
Public Sub SendAMessage(strFrom As String, strTo As String, _
    strCC As String, strSubject As String, strTextBody As String, _
    Optional strBcc As String, Optional strAttachDoc As String, _
    Optional blnHighPriority As Boolean = False)
Dim objMessage As CDO.Message[green]
'You may just do
'Dim objMessage As New CDO.Message
'and skip setting it to New later[/green]

On Error GoTo MyErrorHadler

Set objMessage = New CDO.Message

With objMessage
    .From = strFrom
    .To = strTo
    If Len(Trim$(strCC)) > 0 Then
        .CC = strCC
    End If
    If Len(strBcc) > 0 Then
        .BCC = strBcc
    End If[green]
    ''' On behalf of
    '.Sender = "Joe.Wolf@domain.net"[/green]
    
    If blnHighPriority Then
       With .Fields[green]
           ' for Outlook:[/green]
           .Item(cdoImportance) = cdoHigh
           .Item(cdoPriority) = cdoPriorityUrgent
    [green]
           ' for Outlook Express:
           '.Item("urn:schemas:mailheader:X-Priority") = 1
    [/green]
           .Update
       End With
    End If
    
    .Subject = strSubject
    
    If InStr(UCase(strTextBody), "<HTML>") Or InStr(UCase(strTextBody), "</HTML>") Then
        .HTMLBody = strTextBody
    Else
        .TextBody = strTextBody
    End If

    If Len(strAttachDoc) > 0 Then
        .AddAttachment strAttachDoc
    End If
    
    With .Configuration.Fields[green]
        '.Item(CDO.cdoSMTPServer) = "ABCD.XYZ.INT.LAN"[/green]
        .Item(CDO.cdoSMTPServer) = "CCYOU.KKJU.int.lan"
        .Item(CDO.cdoSMTPServerPort) = 25
        .Item(CDO.cdoSendUsingMethod) = CDO.cdoSendUsingPort
        .Item(cdoSMTPConnectionTimeout) = 10
        .Update
    End With
    .Send
End With

Set objMessage = Nothing

Exit Sub
MyErrorHadler:
[green]'Write error into an Error file
[/green]Resume Next

End Sub

---- Andy

"Hmm...they have the internet on computers now"--Homer Simpson
 
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Just a guess here, but instead of:
Code: 
With fields

you may just need:
Code: 
With [blue]newMail.Configuration.Fields[/blue]
    .Item(msConfigURL & "/smtpusessl") = True
    .Item(msConfigURL & "/smtpauthenticate") = 1
      
    .Item(msConfigURL & "/smtpserver") = "smtp.gmail.com"
    .Item(msConfigURL & "/smtpserverport") = 465
    .Item(msConfigURL & "/sendusing") = 2
       
    .Item(msConfigURL & "/sendusername") = "enter_gmail"
    .Item(msConfigURL & "/sendpassword") = "enter_gmail_App_Password"        
    .Update    
End With
[green]
'newMail.Configuration = mailConfiguration[/green]
newMail.Send
    
MsgBox "E-Mail has been sent", vbInformation

---- Andy

"Hmm...they have the internet on computers now"--Homer Simpson
 
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Thank you for your time Andy, I tried the suggestion above. It still gives me the .send error. Hum, I will keep looking. Thank you.
 
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