I am an Engineering Physics graduate from IIT Guwahati, but merely not restricted to Physics itself. In the past few years, I involved in many Cybersecurity blogging and now on Open-source.
Or within google settings, you can remove email protection. In order to send mail via gmail via 3rd party services, you need to give reduce security in gmail
Rather than going through all of this, I would suggest you to get a free account in sendgrid and configure it.
i setup forem on digitalocean and created sendgrid account as well. I configured my forem but still i dont get it working. what other configurations needed ?
I would suggest you to use, sendgrid free tier.
Or within google settings, you can remove email protection.
In order to send mail via gmail via 3rd party services, you need to give reduce security in gmailRather than going through all of this, I would suggest you to get a free account in sendgrid and configure it.
what to use on Authentication section 'plain' ?
We're found that "login" tends to be the standard (sometimes "plain" isn't accepted because it's entirely unencrypted), but check Sendgrid's latest documentation for the most up-to-date info for your choice of provider.
i setup forem on digitalocean and created sendgrid account as well. I configured my forem but still i dont get it working. what other configurations needed ?
Hey @benjaminb , congrats on getting your Forem up and running!
Can you please create a new #selfhost issue describing what you're encountering, so our team can find your questions more easily?
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please take a look at above link.