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| author | melissawahnish <melissawahnish@gmail.com> | 2015-08-08 13:57:07 -0400 |
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| committer | melissawahnish <melissawahnish@gmail.com> | 2015-08-08 14:02:33 -0400 |
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[ci skip] Adding a note to Action Mailer Basics documentation that Google increased its
security measures so using the example for Gmail will return a “Password Incorrect” error,
and you will receive an email from Google that they blocked a sign-in attempt. You can change
your Gmail settings or use another ESP.
I discovered this when I was testing a simple mailer example app and was just going to
use my personal Gmail account for the test. I think it would be best to note this change
since now Gmail may not be the best option for a quick test. I hope this saves time for other Rails
developers. The Gmail example does show a good example of how to configure the smpt settings.
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diff --git a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md index d3dd0e5bf2..c39cd34e9a 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md +++ b/guides/source/action_mailer_basics.md @@ -759,6 +759,9 @@ config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { authentication: 'plain', enable_starttls_auto: true } ``` +Note: As of July 15, 2014, Google increased [its security measures](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255) and now blocks attempts from apps it deems less secure. +You can change your gmail settings [here](https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps) to allow the attempts or +use another ESP to send email by replacing 'smpt.gmail.com' above with the address of your provider. Mailer Testing -------------- |