[Tutorial] Step By Step gmail for Outgoing Email Setup Explained - ERPNext V11

kenince · September 7, 2018, 8:20am

I just wanted to post this for someone who could be struggling the way I did.

Go to your GMail account and Allow less secure apps.

gmail > settings

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Accounts & Imports >Other Google Accounts Settings

Sign In and Security > Apps with account access

Allow less secure apps

Once that is enabled, go back to Open ERP and Setup the Email Domain:

Then Go Setup the Email Notification

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I hope it helps.

Muzzy · September 7, 2018, 9:51am

Thanks. Many had struggled with Gmail. Am sure this will help.

LifeP · September 7, 2018, 9:00pm

Is it possible to use gmail alias while sending mail?

Amarjeet_Singh_Sintu · September 15, 2018, 6:35pm

I always get error message when I try to save above settings “Invalid email or password”

kenince · September 20, 2018, 5:52am

@LifeP, do you mean like instead of seeing the entire email address you only see the alias? If it is, I am not sure but maybe @Muzzy can help out on this.

kenince · September 20, 2018, 5:53am

@Amarjeet_Singh_Sintu, then you should probably confirm the email address and/or the password. If you follow these instructions in detail, it should work.

swapnil_shingade · April 8, 2019, 12:13pm

@kenince thanks lot it works

clarkej · April 8, 2019, 1:01pm

This may help Getting "Request timed out" alert when i try to save an gmail account

edit: be aware of usage limits like login frequency to sync mail Usage limits | Gmail | Google Developers

laurence · June 27, 2020, 11:08am

Alternatively, one can use the app-password setting.

I couldn’t get the above to work on a standard free gmail.com account, but the app password one worked. You do need to set up 2FA.

ajay_kumar · August 31, 2020, 12:54pm

Thanks. It worked perfectly

Sareesh · September 30, 2020, 12:53pm

Hi,

I am facing issue setting up the email thing. The error is “Invalid Outgoing Mail Server or Port.” smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, b’5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at\n5.7.8 Check Gmail through other email platforms - Gmail Help b188sm190610vke.40 - gsmtp’)

How do I fix this issue?

Pawan_Kumar · December 1, 2020, 6:33am

@Sareesh enable less secure app for gmail setting

CMTang · January 6, 2021, 5:43am

Hi,

I have followed the step as above but this getting the error when create new users

I have tried using App passwords and getting same error as well

Any ideas?
Thanks

Tech_Hack_IT · April 27, 2021, 11:55am

ref,

pioneerpathan · December 16, 2022, 6:14am

From May 30, 2022, Google has stopped “Less Secure App” option.

Follow the below link to setup Gmail integration using “App Password”.

https://docs.erpnext.com/docs/v13/user/manual/en/setting-up/email/email_account_setup_with_gmail