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By default, Liferay portal deployed on WebSphere7 will not be able to send any email to Gmail, even if the portal is set correctly (pop.gmail.com:995; smtp.gmail.com:465; secure network connection). The reason is that WebSphere doesn't allow usage of untrusted certificates and signers.

smtp.gmail.com has a certificate issued by Equifax Secure Certificate Authority. So, the solution is simple, we need to add this certificate to the trust ones.

1) Download certificate:

wget --no-check-certificate https://www.geotrust.com/resources/root_certificates/certificates/Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.cer


2)  Add downloaded certificate in WS7 admin: SSL certificate and key management > Manage endpoint security configurations > liferayNode01 > Key stores and certificates > NodeDefaultTrustStore > Signer certificates

Read more about SSL configuration