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Email Setup – Gmail – Help

Log-in to Gmail with your account

  • Click the link “Security” from the left side menu.
  • Enable the “2-Step Verification” option.
  • Click “Get Started”
  • Click the “Continue” button
  • Input your mobile/cell phone number and click “Next”
  • Input verification code/SMS code
  • Click “Turn On”
  • Click the link “Security” from the left side menu.
  • Click “App password”
  • In ‘select app’ choose ‘Other (Custom Name)’, give it a name, and press generate
  • In ‘select app’ choose ‘Other (Custom Name)’, give it a name, and press generate
  • It will give you 16 characters token (App password)

Gmail SMTP Configuration for two-step authentication
SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP User Name: GMail account (email@gmail.com)
SMTP Password: your 16 characters token.
SMTP Port: 587 or 465
SMTP Authentication/TLS/SSL Required: yes

  • Use the 16 characters token as “SMTP Password”