git: 02140316e8 - main - Handbook - mail: Add note about gmail needing app passwords
Sergio Carlavilla Delgado <[email protected]>
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The branch main has been updated by carlavilla: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=02140316e883a481f5a563419a39c82e2af08822 commit 02140316e883a481f5a563419a39c82e2af08822 Author: Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2025-01-16 18:49:27 +0000 Commit: Sergio Carlavilla Delgado <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2025-01-16 18:49:27 +0000 Handbook - mail: Add note about gmail needing app passwords Reviewed by: carlavilla@, Graham Perrin Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/457 --- documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc index 48f58ef4c1..fa8df9ac8d 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc @@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ Authentication can be set with one line in [.filename]#/etc/dma/auth.conf#: [email protected]|smtp.gmail.com:password .... +[NOTE] +==== +If you have 2-factor authentication enabled, you will need to generate an +application-specific password as your normal login password will be +rejected. See Google documentation for more information on +https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords[app-specific passwords]. +==== + Execute the following command to test the configuration: [source,shell]