Every few years I try to update this post so that people are aware.

Question is how to send email through GMail, or otherwise a Google Account.

It's still easy, but different. The instructions can be found in the above link through your own research. It can be done.

I want to keep this knowledge alive. When I have difficulty and find a solution, I want others to know how I overcame it. We should all be able to send mail or text messages through our Google accounts.

use warnings;
use strict;

use Net::SMTP;

my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new(
    'smtp.gmail.com',
    Hello => 'local.example.com',
    Timeout => 30,
    Debug   => 1,
    SSL     => 1,
    Port    => 465
);

# Password here is an app password. Need to enable 2FA on Google
# account to generate one

$smtp->auth('steve.bertrand@gmail.com', '*app_password*') or die;
$smtp->mail('steve.bertrand@gmail.com');
$smtp->to('steve.bertrand@gmail.com');
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("hey!\n");
$smtp->quit();

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The above is copy and pastable working code. I'm all in with no obfu with my real email address. I'm good with seeing how the cards fall.

In reply to How do I send email through GMail? by stevieb

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