Does anyone still use Gmail as a mail server to se...
# luceel
leftbower
07/13/2022, 6:14 PMDoes anyone still use Gmail as a mail server to send emails from Lucee apps? Now that they disabled the ability to use "less secure apps in the Admin console" it seems one cannot simply setup Gmail to use as an SMTP server any longer? O365 doing the same in October.
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ryan
07/13/2022, 6:16 PMFunny you mentioned this as I am attempting to set up gmail and realizing it is not working at this moment, too.
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leftbower
07/13/2022, 6:17 PMClicking through this at the moment:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
leftbower
07/13/2022, 6:18 PMthough the "App Password" route seems to be discouraged by Google, perhaps it is less friction than OAuth Client ID route which seems quite cumbersome.
leftbower
07/13/2022, 6:23 PMapp pwd route seems to work
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sknowlton
07/13/2022, 6:35 PMIt's frankly so easy + cheap (or free) to use free tiers of Mailgun or AWS that I wouldn't bother
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jakobward
07/13/2022, 7:05 PMYes, gmail has been unreliable for years at this point ( for me ). I prefer AWS SES and am often having to implement SendGrid for clients as well.
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ryan
07/13/2022, 8:04 PMDidn't know that AWS had a free version. Will have to look into this.
ryan
07/13/2022, 8:07 PMThanks for the help, all. Oh and @leftbower I found maybe the same info for google app password setup and started setting this up and will finish it just to have something working for now.
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foundeo
07/13/2022, 8:21 PM
The reason the app passwords are discouraged I think is because they allow you to bypass 2FA if it is enabled, so keep in mind if 2FA is enabled on the account you are using
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ryan
07/18/2022, 2:40 PMThanks, @foundeo
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