Unable to send out invitation for New User Signup on API Connect

[jeanabraham]

HI,

I'm trying to create a new user (which requires sign up invitation email). API Connect is unable to send out this email. Using the Gmail SMTP configuration on the APIConnect Settings page:

SMTP server address: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP username: <email>
SMTP password: <password>
SMTP port (SSL/TLS): 465/587

But the 'Test configuration' always fails with authentication errors:

The SMTP server test configuration failed.
Could not send email due to authentication failure.

Error ID: 5935613ee4b0b265b42cff33

There is a note under the Port field that says "When connecting to the SMTP server, the TLS Profile 'Cloud Manager and API Manager TLS Profile' will be used if TLS is supported." Not sure if the error is because of this? But editing the TLS profile gives another error that seems to be a bug:

The method specified in the Request-Line is not allowed for the resource identified by the Request-URI.
Error ID: 59356196e4b0b265b42cff34

Any ideas on how I can get around these issues?

These are all issues I'm running into right out-of-box. Is there a quicker way to sign up a new user and start using the product? Thanks!

Jean