Send SMTP Mail Message: 535: 5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted

[bbd2dd21ca331143ce77 (Uipathgirish)]

Dear experts,

I am trying to the send email from Uipath, however receiving the below error.

Send SMTP Mail Message: 535: 5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at
5.7.8 Check Gmail through other email platforms - Gmail Help w75sm2954604pfc.156 - gsmtp

Please help me to resolve.

Regards,
Girish V

[vamsiyeluri]

Hi…
@bbd2dd21ca331143ce77 Issue has been solved, have you enabled less secure apps in your gmail account ?. Kindly enable less secure apps then you will able to send the mails. use below link to enable.

https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps?pli=1

[Miguel_Selman]

Thank you very much!!!

[Mohamad_Izudin_Bin_Abdul (Mohamad Izudin)]

Thank you so much for this solution!

[ritikas2 (Ritika)]

Hi,
I have the same issue while using SMTP activity however I’ve changed the settings(Allow less secure apps to ON).

[delacoche28]

thx very match

[Vishnu_Pradhaban]

after may,2022, Google disabled this option for users to turn on this.
So can you please inform the alternative solution for this.

[marian.platonov]

Double-check if you can follow these instructions: [Get IMAP Mail message] couldn't access to Gmail - #6 by marian.platonov

[Antonio_Campos1 (António Campos)]

Hello. And also here

Sending mails in diferent ways

hello to all I would like to share with you my test that I’ve made regarding sending mails in uipath. i have try 3 way: using the gmail activity: using the smtp activity; using the send mail activity in api google gmail so for the first one i have found that it’s very easy to use. I had to connect to a gmail account ( action that is done when designing in studio and just for the first time) and then had to indicate the data that is always needed ( to, body, etc). It looked very easy to me. …

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[Valkatla]

Hi! If you din’t solved that. You need to add 2 steps verification, come back to security and then add an app password

[alexis_acevedo]

Hi, there. You must configure your process like this. Here you have to allow UiPath to act as you. UiPath will prompt you to login into your account.