Hey so I'm just trying to use Gmail's SMTP server settings, I put in
the settings as shown, and then I have username as my email, and password as my password for that gmail account, but my worker-mails shows the second picture, could not authenticate, so trying to figure it out, this seems like it should work, but is there anything I'm missing? Should I be using 465/SSL instead?
Summary
User is experiencing issues with SMTP connection on Gmail's server. They have tried various settings and authentication methods but still cannot authenticate. They are unsure if they should be using 465/SSL instead.
Solution: The user should try changing the setting to 465 and use SSL for authentication. Additionally, they should enable 2FA on their Google account and generate an app password to ensure secure access.
Drake
Dec 20, 2023, 22:32
Can you try tls not TLS?
Drake
Dec 20, 2023, 22:32
but also...could not authenticate means it's an authentication issue
Drake
Dec 20, 2023, 22:32
with Gmail...did you enable insecure passwords and then generate an app password to use?
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 01:59
with GSuite for Business without 2FA I can just login with a secure pass
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 02:06
changed to tls -- still nothing, gonna try 465
Drake
Dec 21, 2023, 02:08
have you tried testing the same parameters with some SMTP test client?
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 02:14
so
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 02:14
setting it to 465 tls works
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 02:14
I take it back, got can't connect now
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 02:15
1s
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 02:21
okay so
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 02:21
it seems like Google recently turned off insecure passwords like that without enabling 2fa
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 02:26
yeah
ZachHandley
Moderator
Dec 21, 2023, 02:26
so you gotta go to https://myaccount.google.com and enable 2FA then click on the 2-Step Verification and that has App Passwords at the bottom