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Marie Veverka
625 Pointsgmail is blocking easy smtp . . .
Hi there,
It looks like gmail is blocking easy smtp as not secure. I'm not sure how to proceed. Thank you.

Michael Owens
7,918 PointsI tried "allowing insecure apps" and it didn't work. What worked for me was going into Easy WP SMTP additional settings section and check marking the "allow insecure SSL certificates" and then it started working. It does highly recommend not checking it though.

Rina Schwartz
1,672 PointsI tried both of these suggestions, and neither worked for me. :-( I'm still getting an error.
2 Answers

Gabriel Valandro
4,299 PointsThank you, Michael Owens ! It works now

Andrew Warner
4,144 PointsI'm in the same boat as Rina
Austin Perez
Courses Plus Student 293 PointsAustin Perez
Courses Plus Student 293 PointsYou need to "Allow less secure apps" in your email settings.
Edit this setting here: https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps