@gmail I'm trying to add another Gmail account in the "send thru your SMTP server" in Gmail, and I'm getting "Authentication failed". The same password and port work sending directly from a script. Everything was working yesterday, and broke today. Help?

May 5, 2020 · 3:55 AM UTC

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Replying to @aaronpk
Hi Aaron, thanks for reporting. This issue should now be fixed, but do let us know if you're still having trouble.
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I'm still having trouble. This works when sending email from a script, but Gmail can't talk to Gmail's own SMTP servers right now using the same account info.
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Replying to @aaronpk @gmail
I wonder if it's related to this notification I got in December 2019?
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Yes very likely. The problem was it wouldn't let me add an app specific password even. The problem cleared up later so they clearly made a mistake rolling that out.
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Replying to @aaronpk @gmail
Just being curious: why do you want to use/ are using gmail in the first place? I know you for your expertise in indie web and the like.
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Fair question. Primarily: email != web, and the effort to self-host email is far greater than that of websites. Part of why I'm so frustrated with this situation is I had a good setup going where I am using my own domain as my email, it just happens to be powered by Gmail.