Cannot set Django to work with smtp.gmail.com

Question

I\'ve been trying to get django to work with gmail\'s smtp server to send mails but I always get this traceback. Any help will be most appreciated.

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Answer 1

I had the same problem, and I searched for half a day to find a solution. Most of the proposed solutions are talking about where you should initialize EMAIL_USE_TLS in relation to the other settings. I don't think this is a solution for the problem.

I found the solution at: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en and finally https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords

If you are testing your project on a local machine, you should go to the latter link, and enable "Access for less secure apps".