Expected response code 250 but got code 535 with message 535-5 7 8 Username and Password not accepted

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I recently encountered a SwiftMail error while trying to send a mail through gmail    Expected response code 250 but got code  535   with message  535-5 7 8 Username and Password not accepted    I was trying to  send mail through my gmail and google thought that I was a spam maybe because I was requesting too fast  I received a mail from them saying my account was access and I told them it was me  I was able to send mail without problem and it just occured now   This is the contents of my env file   MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST smtp gmail com MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME talentscoutphil gmail com MAIL PASSWORD mypasswordhere MAIL FROM talentscoutphil gmail com MAIL NAME talentscout

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There is no need to update anything in config mail php  just put you credential in  env with this specific key s  This is my  env file   MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST smtp gmail com MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME example gmail com MAIL PASSWORD          MAIL ENCRYPTION tls   I had the same issue after long time debugging and googling i have found the solution  that by enabling less secure apps  the email started working    if your gmail is secure with 2 step verification you can t enable less secure app  so turn off 2 step verification and enable less secure app  by click here enable less secure apps on your gmail account

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I had the same problem  changing my gmail password fixed the issue  and also don t forget to enable less secure app on on your gmail account

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i had same issue i resolve this use under  go to gmail com   my account   and enable   Allow less secure apps  ON  it start works

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I had everything fine  Less secure app option was also enabled  Still  I was getting the error  What I have done is    Google will send you Critical security alert  Then you have to authorize that activity    Clicking on  YES  THAT WAS ME  type thing   Then you can try sending email again

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I had the same problem  then I did this two steps     Enable  Allow less secure apps  on your google account security policy   Restart your local servers

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I researched on the internet and some answers includes enabling the  access for lesser app  and  unlocking gmail captcha  which sadly didn t work for me until I found the 2-step verification   What I did the following was    enable the 2-step verification to google HERE Create App Password to be use by your system HERE I selected Others  custom name  and clicked generate Went to my env file in laravel and edited this  MAIL USERNAME talentscoutphil gmail com  MAIL PASSWORD thepasswordgenerated Restarted my apache server and boom  It works again    This was my solution  I created this to atleast make other people not go wasting their time researching for a possible answer

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This single step worked for me    No 2-step verification  As I had created a dummy account for my local development  so I was OK with this setting  Make sure you only do this if your account contains NO personal or any critical data  This is just another way of tackling this error and NOT secure   I turned ON the setting to alow less secured apps to be allowed access  Form here    https   myaccount google com lesssecureapps

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This is my  env mail settings   MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST smtp googlemail com MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME example gmail com MAIL PASSWORD hello27 MAIL ENCRYPTION tls   i was getting thesame error as stated in the question but by using  php artisan config cache   Everything worked fine

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Gmail tends to block usage of mailing addresses which are being used in other applications as username for security reasons  Either you should create a new email address for mail purpose or you must go to the Less Secure App Access and turn on the access for less secure apps  Gmail will send you a mail for confirmation from where you can verify that those changes were made by yourself  Only then  you can use such mailing addresses for mailing purpose through applications

[php] Expected response code 250 but got code "535", with message "535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted

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