Gmail Error :The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.5.1 Authentication Required

Question

I am using following code to send email. The Code works correctly in my local Machine. But on Production server i am getting the error message

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Answer 1

What worked for me was to activate the option for less secure apps (I am using VB.NET)

Public Shared Sub enviaDB(ByRef body As String, ByRef file_location As String)
        Dim mail As New MailMessage()
        Dim SmtpServer As New SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com")
        mail.From = New MailAddress("from@gmail.com")
        mail.[To].Add("to@gmail.com")
        mail.Subject = "subject"
        mail.Body = body
        Dim attachment As System.Net.Mail.Attachment
        attachment = New System.Net.Mail.Attachment(file_location)
        mail.Attachments.Add(attachment)
        SmtpServer.Port = 587
        SmtpServer.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential("user", "password")
        SmtpServer.EnableSsl = True
        SmtpServer.Send(mail)
    End Sub

So log in to your account and then go to google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps