Failed to authenticate on SMTP server error using gmail

Question

I\'m trying to set up email for my first laravel project, and was thrilled that there\'s a laracast for it: https://laracasts.com/lessons/mailers

I\'ve followed the

Answer 1

If you still get this error when sending email: "Failed to authenticate on SMTP server with username "youremail@gmail.com" using 3 possible authenticators"

You may try one of these methods:

1. Go to https://accounts.google.com/UnlockCaptcha, click continue and unlock your account for access through other media/sites.

2. Using a double quote password: "your password" <-- this one also solved my problem.