send an email based on smtp.gmail.com from magento

Question

I don't have any mail servers.

So how to configure the mail settings(settings->configuration->advanced->system->Mail sending settings) in magento admin panel using smtp.gmail.com

and how to send an email based on that settings ?

Answer 1

There is no way to configure magento to use something else for sending mails than the builtin mail(), but ASchroder implemented something for this:

Magento SMTP Pro Extension