Can someone tell me how to send email using gmail account, not outlook?

[ryrytis]

Can someone tell me how to send email using gmail account, not outlook? i have this issue

[loginerror (Maciej Kuzmicz)]

Hi @ryrytis

This should be fixed by removing the extra line break at the end of first line

So that it looks like that:
{youremailaddress}

[tim.wilcox]

Is outlook only option. We use gmail so can you link to that?

[Nishan_Mendis_LK]

Hi. I do not have outlook. We use only google. How can you send mails using google accounts?

[loginerror (Maciej Kuzmicz)]

Hi everyone, please see a possible workaround here

I had to use Application/Browser option to use my gmail account because Outlook automation was not reliable

Hi Nishan, I did not use a specific activity that is for google. I used the Use Application/Browser activity, just like we used to access the http://www.rpasamples.com/unicornname website. This allows me to use any type of email account, including yahoo or any others. I also had to use Click and Type into and some of the other individual actions. This is a workaround and not as simple and elegant as using the single activity Send Outlook email, but it works. The nice thing about using the Sen…

[mark_newman]

I’m in the same boat as lots of other folks. I don’t use Outlook, so trying to figure out a workaround with Yahoo or Gmail.

[FrankSchikora]

Hi @mark_newman - please refer to the link posted above.

In short there is no out of the box solution at the moment for Yahoo oder Gmail but you can use the “Use Application/Browser” activity to automate either yahoo or Gmail via user interface automation.