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Update information on using Gmail when 2FA is in use [ci skip]
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Mike Gunderloy authored and Mike Gunderloy committed May 24, 2017
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enable_starttls_auto: true }
```
Note: As of July 15, 2014, Google increased [its security measures](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255) and now blocks attempts from apps it deems less secure.
You can change your gmail settings [here](https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps) to allow the attempts or
You can change your gmail settings [here](https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps) to allow the attempts. If your Gmail account has 2-factor authentication enabled,
then you will need to set an [app password](https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords) and use that instead of your regular password. Alternatively, you can
use another ESP to send email by replacing 'smtp.gmail.com' above with the address of your provider.

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