Invalid Second Factor error sending email through Gmail

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We recommend switching to use the special Gmail sending option now. To send outgoing email with Gmail using the new Google Email System, change the following in the Internet Configuration Settings:
 
Gmail Address / Username:   <GMail email address>
Special Mail Server:  Gmail

  1. Click Sign in with Google
  2. A browser window will appear for you to log into your Google account
  3. Indicate that you allow the program to access your Google account (we only use the Send Email part of your account to send outgoing emails and do not/cannot access your emails or content)
  4. Close the email settings and your emails sent to your bowlers will use the new Google server system.
To revoke access for BLS-2022 to use your Google account, change the Special Mail Server to Normal.

If you wish to continue to use SMTP to send emails via Gmail, check to see if you enabled 2 factor authentication in your security settings with Google, 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.


  1. Go to your Google Account. 
  2. On the left navigation panel, choose Security. 
  3. On the "Signing in to Google" panel, choose App Passwords. 
  4. 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.
  5. At the bottom, choose Select app and choose Mail. 
  6. Choose Select device and choose Windows Computer. 
  7. Choose Generate.
  8. 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
  9. 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: 2448, , Modified: 5/9/2022 at 3:17 PM

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