I’m trying to send email using smtp-send-message function but it keeps giving me error expected reply 235; got: 535–5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. I’ve double checked my credentials to make sure they’re correct i copied it straight from my password manager and I have logged to the console to see that it’s fine I’ve also enabled less secure apps on my google account

Do you have two factor authentication enabled? https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?p=InvalidSecondFactor&visit_id=636888440433746173-3997888344&rd=1

I got that link from here, which may provide more info: https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/send-email-using-gmail?page=1

I use https://sendgrid.com/\|SendGrid for sending email which simplifies things.

I thought you had to generate credentials for apps to use gmail. (Had to do this to configure deltamail)

@brentgordon146 I had to set up an “app specific password” to get an authorized gmail / imap connection