Re: Sending emails -- gmail Less Secure App Access May 2022

Hello IvanH,

I suppose this article to be relevant, specifically Use an App Password section and the the linked Sign in with App Passwords.

I hope you can try this way and share your ~~founds~~ findings, because many other may need this in the future.

Thanks for pointing me to this near future change

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Re^2: Sending emails -- gmail Less Secure App Access May 2022 by IvanH (Acolyte) on Mar 15, 2022 at 01:03 UTC
Thanks so much for the help. Setting up an App Password worked. For others who might need it the process was as follows: I set up two step verification in the sending gmail account. With Less Secure App Access turned off I tried sending an email and got the following error message. Can't locate object method "send" via package "5.7.9 Application-specific password required. Learn more at " (perhaps you forgot to load "5.7.9 Application-specific password required. Learn more ate552d27sm669322pjt.11 - gsmtp "?) at sndmlonefbctest.pl line 63, <STDIN> line 1.econdFactor i2-20020a17090ac40200b001bd0e552d27sm669322pjt.11 - gsmtp I then went to security settings on the gmail account and selected Set up an App Password. One the next screen I selected Mail in the app dropdown and Windows Computer in the device dropdown. When I clicked the generate button it came back with a 16 character App Password with instructions to replace the Password used by my mail program with the App Password. I did that and it worked like a charm. Thanks again for the help.	[reply]

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Re^2: Sending emails -- gmail Less Secure App Access May 2022
by IvanH (Acolyte) on Mar 15, 2022 at 01:03 UTC

Thanks so much for the help. Setting up an App Password worked. For others who might need it the process was as follows:

I set up two step verification in the sending gmail account. With Less Secure App Access turned off I tried sending an email and got the following error message.

Can't locate object method "send" via package "5.7.9 Application-specific password required. Learn more at " (perhaps you forgot to load "5.7.9 Application-specific password required. Learn more ate552d27sm669322pjt.11 - gsmtp "?) at sndmlonefbctest.pl line 63, <STDIN> line 1.econdFactor i2-20020a17090ac40200b001bd0e552d27sm669322pjt.11 - gsmtp

I then went to security settings on the gmail account and selected Set up an App Password. One the next screen I selected Mail in the app dropdown and Windows Computer in the device dropdown. When I clicked the generate button it came back with a 16 character App Password with instructions to replace the Password used by my mail program with the App Password. I did that and it worked like a charm.

Thanks again for the help.

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