# Gmail and node-red-node-email
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691
**Category:** General
**Created:** [28 April 2020 16:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691 "2020-04-28T16:30:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@hammeronthenet](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hammeronthenet)
#### Post date: [28 April 2020 16:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/1 "2020-04-28T16:30:15Z")
Hi guys,
I'm wondering to send an email through via gmail (gsuite)
I tried various approach, and now I've got double authentication factor and an application password.
Nothing.
I tried from admin console to enable smtp-relay for domain users but nothing to do... the strange thing is that if I put my real account password relay tells me to check with an application password. But when I try with these last one it responds "Username and Password not acccepted".
Someone here use gmail with nodered?
Tnx in advance!
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### Author:  [@LosinIt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/LosinIt)
#### Post date: [28 April 2020 16:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/2 "2020-04-28T16:59:32Z")
I've done only one of these. It sends a SMS message to my phone via gmail. I had to try several different combinations of settings before I hit upon this one. I won't be able to help beyond this but I hope it works for you.
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### Author:  [@hammeronthenet](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hammeronthenet)
#### Post date: [28 April 2020 19:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/3 "2020-04-28T19:45:35Z")
Hi Losinit,
first of all thank you for your post but I tried the same thing without success.
Now the questione imho is not how to setting the node but how to setting google.
At the moment I have checked and activated double factor auth and I have created an application password. Google documentation says that's sufficient to login but imho (also if the documentation specifies the opposite) I will have also to set lower security. It's my last chance I think. I understand security but it's incredible that in 2020 we had to have this kind of troubles to... send an email!
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### Author:  [@LosinIt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/LosinIt)
#### Post date: [29 April 2020 02:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/4 "2020-04-29T02:20:52Z")
I don't use 2FA, just a password.
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### Author:  [@hammeronthenet](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hammeronthenet)
#### Post date: [29 April 2020 07:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/5 "2020-04-29T07:05:42Z")
Did you set less security on you google account?
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### Author:  [@anonuknow](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/anonuknow)
#### Post date: [29 April 2020 07:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/6 "2020-04-29T07:38:03Z")
I used another mail provider so i don't need to chant google spells for 1 email.
I think it's the fact that google uses that mail and passwords across multiple services some which have very confidential info linked to it.
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [29 April 2020 08:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/7 "2020-04-29T08:56:16Z")
I use 2FA - but it's the application password you need.
and server config like
and no TLS
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### Author:  [@hammeronthenet](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hammeronthenet)
#### Post date: [29 April 2020 09:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/8 "2020-04-29T09:38:33Z")
I solved enabling from administration console the "possibility" for the single user to enable less security.
Please note: when I connect to my gmail account at
[https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps](https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps)
Google says me that with 2FA I can't set less secure apps... but now my email from NodeRed works!
That's very strange!
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### Author:  [@LosinIt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/LosinIt)
#### Post date: [29 April 2020 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/9 "2020-04-29T14:04:06Z")
> [@hammeronthenet](#):
>
> Did you set less security on you google account?
I've had the account since before 2FA was a thing and I've stayed with password authentication.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [28 June 2020 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gmail-and-node-red-node-email/25691/10 "2020-06-28T14:04:10Z")
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