skank Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 i entered my smtp settings correctly gmail with TLS sending email: [email protected] email recipient: [email protected] Priority in Header: yes Email subject: unraid status mail server: smtp.gmail.com mail server port: 587 User SSL/TLS: Yes Define TLS Cert: No TLS Cert: blank Auth Method: Login username: [email protected] password: mypassword but when i test it, it says authorization failed, i'm 100% sure my login and paswoord is right how come it fails then? Quote Link to comment
skank Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 activating https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps helped however, im not so happy to turn this on any other way? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 43 minutes ago, skank said: any other way? Don't use google. Google's rules dictate how automated systems implemented like this interact with their systems. Either follow their rules or use another service. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Or setup a dedicated gmail address for this purpose, then turning on less secure apps is less of an issue. 1 Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 1 minute ago, CHBMB said: Or setup a dedicated gmail address for this purpose, then turning on less secure apps is less of an issue. With the added benefit of knowing for sure that the email is specific to your server only. It's not like google charges for the accounts, and you really never need to login to check for messages, just use it as a sending account. Quote Link to comment
pwm Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I decided on using machine-specific gmail accounts, and that works very well. I have a strong aversion for handing out account credentials to plugins/applications/appliances. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 17 minutes ago, pwm said: I decided on using machine-specific gmail accounts, and that works very well. I have a strong aversion for handing out account credentials to plugins/applications/appliances. For good reason, and it's why google insists on making you acknowledge that what you are doing is not ideal by forcing the non-secure applications toggle. Since length of the email address really isn't an issue for these types of accounts, you can get very creative, like "[email protected]" Quote Link to comment
Leon_CC Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 will this still work if i use 2 step Verification? and yes i have the turning on less secure turned on and a dedicated gmail acc for the server emails. and thank you all for the info it was very helpful in setting up the server Quote Link to comment
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