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

I did everything from visiting http://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha to setting up 2-fa and creating an application password. The only thing that worked was logging into http://mail.google.com and sending an email from the server itself.

Answer 2

UPDATE:

Notice: This setting is not available for accounts with 2-Step Verification enabled, which mean you have to disable 2 factor authentication.

If you disable the 2-Step Verification:

• Open your Gmail account in browser
• Navigate to Less secure app access
• Make Allow less secure apps => On