How to configure: rails 4, gmail, godaddy ? Im using this configuration for my own email/domain: contact@mydomain.com
smtp:
address: smtp.gmail.com
port: 587
domain: mydomain.com
user_name: contact
password: password
authentication: plain
enable_starttls_auto: true
I receive 2 kind of errors:
- *Net::SMTPAuthenticationError: 534-5.7.9 Please log in with your web browser and then try again. Learn more at
- eoferror-end-of-file-reached
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It sounds like you are encountering a Google security feature based on the request that you log in with a web browser. Logging into your google account from a browser on your droplet looks like it would resolve that but since most people do not have a need for a graphical environment on their server and text based browsers can be finicky with newer technologies I would recommend setting up a free account somewhere like sendgrid that would allow you to set up SMTP access easily from your server using the method you already are, still use the sender/reply-to address you want and avoid the extra steps.
For the STMP error, Google prefers you to use OAuth for authenticating, otherwise you might get errors like this when connecting. You can try a few different things to get around this:
- Create an ‘app specific’ password for your account and use that in your configuration
- Enable the ‘use less secure apps’ setting on your gmail account, then you can use your normal password (this isn’t supported with two-factor authentication enabled on your account)
Hope this helps!
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