535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted

Question

I have a contact form and after submitting I am getting a Net::SMTPAuthenticationError 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted

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Answer 1

Time flies, the way I do without enabling less secured app is making a password for specific app

Step one: enable 2FA

• https://myaccount.google.com/signinoptions/two-step-verification/enroll-welcome

Step two: create an app-specific password

• https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords

After this, put the sixteen digits password to the settings and reload the app, enjoy!

  config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
    ...
    password: 'HERE', # <---
    authentication: 'plain',
    enable_starttls_auto: true
  }