Configure Gmail on Dspace

Dspace can accommodate Gmail service to send emails.

Email settings reside in dspace.cfg file. Open the Terminal and apply following commands to add gmail configuration:

sudo su
leafpad /dspace/config/dspace.cfg

Find following each chunk of lines the configuration file and add Gmail credentials.

# SMTP mail server
mail.server = smtp.gmail.com

# SMTP mail server authentication username and password (if required)
mail.server.username = tom@gmail.com
mail.server.password = gmailpassword

# From address for mail
mail.from.address = tom@gmail.com

# Currently limited to one recipient!
feedback.recipient = tom@gmail.com

# General site administration (Webmaster) e-mail
mail.admin = tom@gmail.com

Find the following line,

mail.server.port = 465

Comment it,

#mail.server.port = 465

Remove comment in the following lines;

#mail.extraproperties = mail.smtp.socketFactory.port=465, \
#                       mail.smtp.socketFactory.class=javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory, \
#                       mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback=false

It should look like after uncomment the lines;

mail.extraproperties = mail.smtp.socketFactory.port=465, \
                       mail.smtp.socketFactory.class=javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory, \
                       mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback=false

Save and close the file.

Go to the following link and disable security settings:

https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps

References
http://sunitabarve123.blogspot.in/2015/02/dspace-on-gmail.html
http://blog.stuartlewis.com/2009/09/05/using-gmail-with-dspace/