Environment: Windows Server 2008, IIS 7.0, TFS 2008
We run Google Apps for email and I'm having a heck of time setting up TFS to send alerts to our Google hosted mail.
I googled around and found a couple of workarounds however none have worked for me. Any pointers graciously accepted.
Have you tried setting up an SMTP server on the same box as TFS, then configuring it to forward to GMail? That sounds like the easiest solution.
Alternatively, you could write a SOAP endpoint that handled TFS events with as many customizations as you want. This is a little more work but a lot more flexible.
Can't you just configure TFS to send outgoing email through the Gmail servers?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms400808(VS.80).aspx
Does that not do what you need, or am I missing part of the question? We're using a local SMTP server to send email out, but I don't see a reason why you couldn't use a remote one instead.