Subj : Re: Password Reset email..
To   : Dan Clough
From : Al Derosa
Date : Sun May 15 2022 07:37 am

DC> Re: Re: Password Reset email..
DC> By: Al DeRosa to Paul Hayton on Sat May 14 2022 06:53 am

DC> Okay, I've got this sorted out. I can send automated (from a script or a
DC> cron job) emails via gmail.com still, using their "apps password". Here
DC> are the basic steps to get this working:

DC> 1. Log in to the gmail account you want to use for the emails. Since I
DC> don't want to 2-factor respond every time I login to one of my "regular"
DC> gmail accounts, I created a new account, for use with this automated
DC> sending only.

DC> 2. Enable the 2-factor authentication for this account. Somewhere under
DC> "Security" in settings.

DC> 3. Also in the Security section, you'll see a choice/link for "Apps
DC> passwords". Go in there, choose "Other" for the app, then give it a custom
DC> name (I chose 'mailx' since that's what's sending my emails). Then click
DC> "Generate" and it will give you a 16-character password to use for that
DC> account.

DC> 4. Have your script or whatever (even an email app like Thunderbird I
DC> suppose) log in with the account name and that new password, and it won't
DC> ask you for any 2-factor stuff.

DC> For my use (on Linux), I have a mail config file called '.mailrc' in my
DC> home directory. Part of it's contents are:

DC> account ReminderBoy {
DC> set smtp-use-starttls
DC> set ssl-verify=ignore
DC> set smtp=smtp://smtp.gmail.com:587
DC> set smtp-auth=login
DC> set [email protected]
DC> set smtp-auth-password=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
DC> set from="[email protected] (Reminder Boy)"
DC> }

DC> This "account" is referenced from a script that calls the mailing program
DC> 'mailx', like this:

DC> cat report | mailx -A ReminderBoy -s "Email subject here"
DC> [email protected]

DC> Works like a champ. :-)

DC> Let me know if any of you have success with this, if you would.

Running in Windows, but I will definitely give everything here a shot, will respond back with how it goes..

Al
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