Hello, everyone, I wish you would be kind enough to give me a hand. I am trying to send a mail through R and have met some problems. library(sendmailR) from <- sprintf("<sendmailR@\\%s>", Sys.info()[4]) to <- "<myemail@gmail.com>" subject <- "Hello from R" body <- list("It works!", mime_part(iris)) sendmail(from, to, subject, body, control=list(smtpServer="ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM")) Error in socketConnection(host = server, port = port, blocking = TRUE) : cannot open the connectionIn addition: Warning message:In socketConnection(host = server, port = port, blocking = TRUE) : ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM:25 cannot be opened My OS is Windows 7 professional. Java version is: java version "1.7.0_25" Thank you so much! [[alternative HTML version deleted]]