On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:19:32 +0100, MArtin
 declaimed the following:


>Does anyone have any ideas on what google have changed and how to fix
>it? The web page referenced didn't seem to be relevant leastways it
>didn't help me and I can still log into the gmail account on a
>different machine with the credentials in the exim4 configuration.

 Using what /software/? The account/password may not be the problem,
rather features of the client doing the connection.

 Presuming it is not a matter of not having the current gmail SSL key
chain (I'd hope exim, et al have been patched to handle the security keys
now in use -- that's the biggest problem with using Eudora on gmail;
Eudora's key store doesn't recognize newer security chains), then the most
likely aspect is that gmail considers exim (or your host) as an untrusted
client.

 For that, have you tried the information provided via that link?
"""
Allow less secure apps: If you don't use 2-Step Verification, you might
need to allow less secure apps to access your account.
"""

That is a setting you have to make via the web interface to gmail.

>Otherwise are their any suggestions on another free account I can get
>to send smtp headless from the pi instead of using google.
>

 Typically, for sending, one should first try using the SMTP provided by
one's own ISP, even if the "account" of the email is not with that ISP. The
client is configured to login in using the ISP credentials, but then sends
the email using headers of the foreign account. (in old Eudora, this was a
"relay host" -- you define one connection as the relay, and set a flag on
other accounts telling them to send using the relay host instead of making
a direct connection).


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