Using Gmail for Email Sending

To send outgoing email with Gmail:

SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com

Username: <GMail email address>

Password: <Gmail user password>

Use Advanced Settings to set SMTP Server Port: Yes

SMTP Server Port: 587

Email Server requires SSL and/or TLS Mode: Yes

SSL/TLS Start Mode: Explicit

Important: Gmail has changed its security protocols to allow third party applications to send email. Your GMail account will need to enable the Less Secure Apps option in the Sign-in & security options under your Google account's preferences. If you do not wish to do so, you will need to use a different email provider to send outbound emails from BLS.

Important: If you enabled 2 factor authentication, you may receive an "161: SMTP protocol error. 534 5.7.9 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=InvalidSecondFactorinvalid second factor" message, which means you will need to create an app password to use, per Google's article at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833.

Go to your Google Account.
On the left navigation panel, choose Security.
On the "Signing in to Google" panel, choose App Passwords.
If you don’t see this option:
- 2-Step Verification is not set up for your account.
- 2-Step Verification is set up for security keys only.
- Your account is through work, school, or other organization.
- You’ve turned on Advanced Protection for your account.
At the bottom, choose Select app and choose Mail.
Choose Select device and choose Windows Computer.
Choose Generate.
Use the App password as the password in BLS for the email password instead of your normal GMail password. The App Password is the 16-character code in the yellow bar
Choose Done.

Sometimes clicking the following link on the computer that BLS is installed on will help to authenticate the computer to allow BLS to send email through gmail: https://g.co/allowaccess

Article ID: 2059, Created: 8/11/2020 at 3:08 PM, Modified: 8/11/2020 at 3:08 PM

Using Gmail for Email Sending

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