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Ghost can't send mail using Gmail (Google Apps)

Posted on March 2, 2015

I verified my domain, I added MX records, the user and password is correct.

mail: {
            service: 'Gmail',
            transport: 'SMTP',
            options: {
                host: 'smtp.gmail.com',
                port: 465,
                secureConnection: true,
                auth: {
                    user: '*******@my-domain.com',
                    password: '******'
                }
            }
        }

And I keep getting this error: “AuthError: Invalid login - 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at 535 5.7.8 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=14257

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Any solution?? Having the same error! I’m using @gmail.com

Same error here, but i’m using @gmail.com… any solution? Thanks!

Are you using your domain with Google Apps or is it Google Mail (@gmail.com).

If it is @gmail.com address you will need to make the username the full email address.

If that doesn’t work please post full configuration files (remove any passwords of course!) as it makes it harder to troubleshoot issues like this. Thanks!

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