On 19/10/2019 18:49, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:

>  And this just says it doesn't like whatever authentication was
> attempted.
>
>  Perhaps undoing the unsecure apps and setting up app-specific passwords
> as per
>
https://www.lifewire.com/unlock-gmail-for-a-new-email-program-or-service-117197
4
>

Make sure the app specific passwords are set. These are random-like
strings that gmail generates for you to enter in your "device=pi"
password setup - it's not your own choice of password letters/chars.


FWIW, I used to use exim4 some time ago, which worked fine (however the
following writeup will have changed now)

  http://www.manu-j.com/blog/wordpress-exim4-ubuntu-gmail-smtp/75/


Currently I do this with postfix, works perfectly on a headless pi

  https://linuxscriptshub.com/configure-smtp-with-gmail-using-postfix/


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Adrian C

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