why email component dont sent activation code to gmail? - cakephp

Question

i tried to send activation code to user mail (currently gmail) from localhost.. when submit the user information saved in database but the message not sent..so why not sent ?
var $components = array('Email','Auth','Recaptcha');
// Allows a user to sign up for a new account
function register () {
if (!empty($this->data)) {
// See my previous post if this is forgien to you
if($this->data['User']['password'] == $this->Auth->password($this->data['User']['password_confirm'])){
$this->User->data = Sanitize::clean($this->data);
// Successfully created account - send activation email
if($this->Recaptcha->valid($this->params['form'])){
if ($this->User->save()) {
$this->__sendActivationEmail($this->User->getLastInsertID());
$this->Session->setFlash('activation code sent check your mail');
$this->redirect('/users/register');
}else {
$this->data['User']['password'] = null;
}
}else{
$this->data['User']['password'] = null;
$this->Session->setFlash('wrong captcha please try again');
}
}else{
$this->data['User']['password'] = null;
$this->Session->setFlash('password not match');
}
}
}
this function Send out an activation email to the user.id specified by $user_id
#param Int $user_id User to send activation email to
#return Boolean indicates success
function __sendActivationEmail($user_id) {
$user = $this->User->find(array('User.id' => $user_id), array('User.id','User.email', 'User.username'), null, false);
if ($user === false) {
debug(__METHOD__." failed to retrieve User data for user.id: {$user_id}");
return false;
}
// Set data for the "view" of the Email
$this->set('activate_url', 'http://' . env('SERVER_NAME') . '/cakenews/users/activate/' . $user['User']['id'] . '/' . $this->User->getActivationHash());
$this->set('username', $this->data['User']['username']);
$this->Email->to = $user['User']['email'];
$this->Email->subject = env('SERVER_NAME') . ' - Please confirm your email address';
$this->Email->from = 'spcialist#gmail.com';
$this->Email->template = 'user_confirm';
$this->Email->delivery = 'smtp';
$this->Email->smtpOptions = array(
'port'=>'465',
'timeout'=>'30',
'host' => 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com',
'username'=>'spcialist#gmail.com',
'password'=>1234567,
);
$this->Email->sendAs = 'text'; // you probably want to use both :)
return $this->Email->send();
}

Answer 1

You wrote you are on localhost, you probably can't send emails but will probably work once online.
try debugging
function __sendActivationEmail($user_id) {
$this->Email->delivery = 'debug';
....
}
Then in your layout
<?php echo $this->Session->flash('email'); ?>
And see what comes out.