On 5 October 2017 at 15:43, Paolo Bonzini <bonz...@gnu.org> wrote: > > On 05/10/2017 12:52, Lars Schneider wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I used to use the Google SMTP server to send my patches to the list with > > the following config: > > > > [sendemail] > > smtpencryption = tls > > smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com > > smtpuser = larsxschnei...@gmail.com > > smtpserverport = 587 > > from = larsxschnei...@gmail.com > > chainreplyto = false > > suppresscc = self > > > > Apparently that stopped working today. I get this error: > > > > (mbox) Adding cc: Lars Schneider <larsxschnei...@gmail.com> from line > > 'From: Lars Schneider <larsxschnei...@gmail.com>' > > Password for 'smtp://larsxschnei...@gmail.com@smtp.gmail.com:587': > > 5.7.14 <https://accounts.google.com/signin/continue?...token... > > 5.7.14 ...> Please log in via your web browser and > > 5.7.14 then try again. > > 5.7.14 Learn more at > > 5.7.14 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754 ... - gsmtp > > > > Of couse I tried to log in via web browser etc. Does anyone else use > > Google as SMTP server? If yes, does it work for you?
I have been using SMTP+GMail rather a lot, recently. The situation is a mess, and it becomes worse by the month! Till recently, you had to perform various steps to achieve this: 1. Got to your web-gmail, Settings | Forwarding and POP/IMAP | Enable IMAP Access 2. Enable access for "Less secure apps": https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en 3. Try to SMTP-login. BUT if the IP had not access web-GMail recently, you got the message you report. So you had to: - reconstruct the URL+token intermingled in the SMTP-error message, - paste it in your browser, and - do a web-login to prove you are a human. You had to perform step 3 regularly. Now, if you had 2-factor-auth enabled, you could use "app-passwords" to log into your gmail account: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en But this seems to have stopped working; I clicked the link in the page below https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en and for my account it tells me "less secure apps" access is unavailable :-( > > It's probably a good idea to set up two-factor authentication and add an > app-specific password for "git send-email" (at least that's what I do). > > The password can be stored encrypted using the OS keychain, or if you > don't want/have one (e.g. you are running headless) you could check if > your distro installs git-credential-netrc. Create a ~/.netrc.gpg file, > where the decrypted content should look like > > machine smtp.gmail.com login larsxschnei...@gmail.com password mypassword > > Then do > > git config --global credential.helper netrc > > and you're all set. :) I believe the best way forward is to use OAuth. Ciao, Kostis
