Sending Activation Email , SMTP server did not accept the password

Question

I'm sending an email using CakePHP and I got an Error: SMTP server did not accept the password, along with an email in my inbox says that: sign-in attempt blocked! , we recently blocked a sign-in attempt to your Google Account.

Is that normal?

I'm using Xampp.

function sendActivationEmail($user_id)    
{   
    Debugger::dump($user_id);

    $user = $this->User->findById($user_id);

    if ($user==false) 
    {
        debug(__METHOD__." failed to retrieve User data for user.id: {$user_id}");
        return false;
    } 
    $this->set('username', $this->data['User']['username']);
    $this->Email->to = $user['User']['email'];
    $this->Email->subject = env('SERVER_NAME').'- Please confirm your email address';
    $this->Email->from = 'laurent@gmail.com';
    $this->Email->template = 'account_verification';
    $this->Email->delivery = 'smtp';
    $this->Email->smtpOptions = array(
    'port'=>'465',
    'timeout'=>'30',
    'host' => 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com',
    'username'=>'laurent@gmail.com',
    'password'=>1234567
    );
    $this->Email->sendAs = 'text';  
    return $this->Email->send();

}

try to insert your password in ''. like this '123456' are you using localhost? sometimes email() is not working in other version of xampp. — r3mmel, Oct 16 '14 at 08:27
I've tried that before , and yes I'm using localhost but mostly its a gmail security issue as has mentioned — Exchanger13, Oct 16 '14 at 08:31
yeah, I forgot that google function to mention. haha! good luck. (y) — r3mmel, Oct 16 '14 at 08:33

floriank · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-31T20:10:13.670

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You need to allow "less secure" apps in your Google account settings:

https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps

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See this announcement as well http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.de/2014/04/new-security-measures-will-affect-older.html

You should implement OAuth2 instead of weakening the security!

edited Aug 31 '20 at 20:10

answered Oct 16 '14 at 08:24

floriank

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I'm still getting :SMTP server did not accept the password. even after setting Access for less secure apps to Enable – Exchanger13 Oct 16 '14 at 08:41
@Exchanger13 I'm getting the same thing, did you find a solution? – Naguib Ihab Dec 31 '14 at 05:16
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This did the job! https://accounts.google.com/b/0/DisplayUnlockCaptcha and click the button 'Continue'. – Tomas Gonzalez Jan 31 '18 at 14:25
I know I am quite late to the party, but, does anyone know the reasons why an app may be identified as a "less secure app?" – pepito Dec 18 '20 at 15:14

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '15 at 14:45

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Make sure that the field in 'username' => and 'password'=> is authenticate or valid. I had experienced the same issue and all I do is to go this link https://accounts.google.com/b/0/DisplayUnlockCaptcha and click the button 'Continue'. make sure you're logged in in gmail using the 'username' and 'password' provided in your code. After that, try to send email again.

answered Feb 20 '15 at 14:45

nosnevetzy

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Nice. Worked for me. – Isengo Sep 21 '16 at 08:30
Worked for me too. Thanks! – BWLR Jan 27 '17 at 11:04
I'm still getting the error `SMTP server did not accept the password.` . any idea about that? – Miuranga Apr 02 '18 at 12:46
Work for me Thank you for saving my time – kantsverma May 19 '18 at 09:51
Note that if you are logged in to multiple Gmai/Google accounts you may have to visit the specific page for the user. For example I was doing for number 2 user so I had to replace 0 with 2 in the url to make it https://accounts.google.com/b/2/DisplayUnlockCaptcha – Arvind K. Jun 08 '20 at 14:18

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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I was facing same issue. in my case Password was not so strong. It contains username in password. I change the password and try again. it works. *The other thing you can do that you can use other email address with strong password. make sure captcha is and less secure is enabled. *

https://accounts.google.com/b/0/DisplayUnlockCaptcha

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Feb 07 '20 at 04:18

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Sending Activation Email , SMTP server did not accept the password

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