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is it okay to use gmail to send automated emails for your website via SMTP? i know there are services like Amazons SES, but i don't know if i need it.

I want to only send the following types of automated emails:

Payment receipts
Password reset codes
Anything related to the user's money or security

I do not want to send newsletters or any types of mass emails. I have no idea how many emails i'm potentially going to send.

My concerns:

Is this reliable?
Is it allowed by google's TOS? i am using a free google apps account

anything else i should know? thanks

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@BetL925

It's absolutely allowed, and I would definitely recommend it rather than setting up a separate SMTP server just for this purpose.

The only issue you may run across is that Google's SMTP servers require SSL/TLS authentication. So, for example, the default PHP mail() function will not work. You'll need something like the PEAR Mail package

If you are in fact using PHP, there's a good question on Stackoverflow about this subject: stackoverflow.com/questions/712392/send-email-using-gmail-smtp-server-from-php-page

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