Answer:

In order to use smtp.gmail.com you need to provide three pieces of identification:

1. a Google Mail account,

2. the password for that account and

3. the SSL certificate currently used by Google Mail.

Items 1 and 2 are easy to get; here's how to get number 3:

• Choose a folder to store the SSL certificate; e.g., c:\temp

• Open this link to the Equifax SSL certificate in your browser: Download - Equifax Secure Certificate Authority (Base-64 encoded X.509)

  

• Click right-mouse - Save As... on the certificate displayed in your browser.

• Choose a File name: c:\temp\Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.cer

• Choose a Save as type: Web Page, Complete

• Click on Save.

Now you can fill in the blanks on the Foxhound Options page:

2. Global Email Settings

                 SMTP Sender: xxx@yyy.com	
                 SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com
                   SMTP Port: 587
                SMTP Timeout: 60
SMTP Authorization User Name: zzz@gmail.com
 SMTP Authorization Password: ********
   SMTP Certificate Filespec: c:\temp\Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.cer

Before actually sending any emails, you must also fill in the "Email address(es) for Alerts:" field on the Monitor Options page:

2. Database-Specific Email Settings for [Default Settings]

             Send Alert emails:	
  Email address(es) for alerts: aaa@bbb.com	
            Use HTML in emails:	
Host[:port] for URLs in emails:	

See also...
SMTP Error Codes & SMTP Status Codes & SMTP Reply Codes Reference 2010