New user - Email sending error
coppiman :
Dec 05, 2018
Hello guys. Just discovered this awesome tool!
I am testing it out and would be really interested in the email function it has.
I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I would like som info.
First, I tried using my gmail, and that didn't work as expected:
https://imgur.com/2YF1nau
I couldn't try how to use the gmail relay thing. If that's the way, a little help would be more than appreciated.
Next, I tried the other method with the gmail:
https://imgur.com/sbUfKD2
failed, too
Next, I tried using my hotmail directly:
https://imgur.com/LxpCpLE
And again my hotmail with the other mothod:
https://imgur.com/L0SjqBy
I'm sure that I'm doing something wrong here, but could you help me a bit?
Thanks in advance everyone.
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Alex Pankratov :
Dec 06, 2018
https://imgur.com/2YF1nau
This means that GMail doesn't accept mail submissions from your network address when you don't tell Google who you are. This is likely because you are on a residential network, so it's a reasonable restriction.
https://imgur.com/sbUfKD2
This has a link to the details at the last line of the error message:
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754
The gist of it is that Google doesn't like people entering their Google passwords into anything that is NOT Google-owned. The article at the link lists two workarounds for this, have a look.
Another option is to set up a new and separate Gmail account just for sending alerts to your primary email. This way you can set it up as per
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255 and don't touch this setting on your main account.
More specifically
Say, you existing Gmail account is "john.smith@gmail.com". You will then need to:
1. Create a new Gmail account - for example, "john.smith.alerts@gmail.com"
2. Change its security settings as per 6010255 link above
3. Configure alerts in the program as follows:
That's it.
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coppiman :
Dec 07, 2018
Thank you so much!
It worked just fine. It was a easier than I thought in the end. Thanks for this!
One last question and a bit out of topic: buying a normal licence is valid until when?
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Alex Pankratov :
Dec 07, 2018
Licenses are perpetual, they don't expire and don't require any sort of paid renewal. At least not at the moment :)
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b00mzx :
Dec 14, 2020
Hi all, I know this is an old post but thought I'd update it in case anyone else has this problem. With the introduction of app-specific passwords this can now (thankfully) be solved by generating a unique login password.
1.Go to your Google Account.
2.Select Security.
3. Signing in to Google > App Passwords
4. Give the app a name (i.e Bvckup 2)
5. Generate a specific password.
6. In the Bvckup 2 email settings enter this specific password.
7. Click test run
Enjoy.
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Alex Pankratov :
Jan 09, 2021
That's a good alternative. Thanks, b00mzx.