Rails 4 Net::SMTPAuthenticationError: 535 #5.7.0 Authentication failed

Question

I\'m building a email list for a student organization at my University. The organization has around 6000 members and to avoid costs I\'ve received permission to use the scho

Answer 1

My issue was resolved by following steps.

config.action_mailer.default :charset => "utf-8"
config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
    address: 'smtp.gmail.com',
    port: 587,
    domain: 'mysite.com',
    user_name: myemail@gmail.com,
    password: mypassword,
    authentication: 'plain',
    enable_starttls_auto: true
}

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