SMTPAuthenticationError when sending gmail-CodePudding

I am having this error: smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, b'5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at\n5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials ij28-20020a170902ab5c00b00163efcd50bdsm1197936plb.94 - gsmtp') when I try to send a gmail in my registration app

EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = '[email protected]'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '****************'
EMAIL_PORT = 587

I read in some other related forums that you just have to turn on the less secure apps in your google account settings but google already disabled that particular setting. I also tried turning off the 2-way authentication and my EMAIL_HOST_USER and EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD are as the same as my email and password. What else should I do to solve this problem?

CodePudding user response：

i believe your problem with code, try my function, it works with gmail, without additional settings

import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText


def email_sender(to_email, theme, message):
    sender = "[email protected]"
    password = "mypassword"
    body = message
    # make up message
    msg = MIMEText(body)
    msg['Subject'] = theme
    msg['From'] = sender
    msg['To'] = ", ".join(to_email)
    #sending
    session = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
    session.starttls()
    session.login(sender, password)
    send_it = session.sendmail(sender, to_email, msg.as_string())
    session.quit()

CodePudding user response：

Thanks for the help guys. It already works by using the generated app password in my google account instead of using my own created password in EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD