Username and Password not accepted when using nodemailer?

Question

This is my settingController:

var sendSmtpMail = function (req,res) {
  var transport = nodemailer.createTransport({
  service:\'gmail\',
   auth: {
                 


        

Answer 1

Make sure you are using the right port: ie port: 587 as of now.

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Wait for a few minutes and try to send an email.

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