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Discussion on: Sending Emails in Rails with Action Mailer and Gmail

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Amit Patel

If you don't use 2-step verification, you will have to allow your account to be accessed by "less secure apps". In your Google settings under the "Security" tab, look for the "Less secure app access" section and click "Turn on access".

If this is not done, google will block you and mail won't be delivered. You may get Net::SMTPAuthenticationError: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted error

Also google may block you.

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Felice Forby

Honestly, I ended up running into problems even after allowing "Less secure app access" (it just stopped sending emails) so I definitely recommend using the two-factor authentication!