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Re: [Dhis2-users] Test Email in Email Settings is not Working.

 

Thanks Stian & Sam,

I have followed your instructions and now it is working fine after enabling
IMAP and less securing apps.



On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Sam Kasozi <kasozis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Also enabling the 'less secure apps to access your account' option in the
> Gmail account configured in the DHIS 2.
>
> If this is the case, then when you log into the same account, you will
> find a blocked sign-in attempt notification email with the option for
> allowing the access.
>
> https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
>
> regards,
>
> Sam Kasozi
> +256 788-993-565
> Skype: sam.kasoziug
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Stian Sandvold <stian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> first, did you enable TLS as well?
>>
>> I followed the steps listed here: https://support.google.c
>> om/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en
>>
>> This works fine for me. Is there any way you misspelled your email or
>> password?
>>
>> Seemed to work without enabling POP/IMAP in my gmail account as well, but
>> if you can’t get it to work, you should try to enable it as well I guess.
>>
>> Let me know how it goes.
>>
>> ——
>> Stian Sandvold
>> Software developer, DHIS 2
>> University of Oslo
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6 Dec 2016, at 13:36, Sourabh Bhardwaj <bsourabh191@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have setup the email settings as:
>>
>> *Hostname: smtp@xxxxxxxxx <smtp@xxxxxxxxx>*
>> *Port: 587*
>> *username: ****@gmail.com <http://gmail.com/>*
>> *password: ***(gmail password)*
>> *sender: ***@gmail.com <http://gmail.com/>*
>>
>>
>> But test mail never receives to the user. Following error is  coming:
>>
>> *Sending email to user: admin with email address:***@gmail.com
>> <http://gmail.com/> to host: smtp.gmail.com:587
>> <http://smtp.gmail.com:587/> (EmailMessageSender.java [taskScheduler-8])*
>> *           * WARN  2016-12-06 17:51:15,540 Could not send email: Sending
>> the email to the following server failed : smtp.gmail.com:587
>> <http://smtp.gmail.com:587/>, org.apache.commons.mail.EmailException:
>> Sending the email to the following server failed : smtp.gmail.com:587
>> <http://smtp.gmail.com:587/>*
>>
>>
>> Has anyone used the Email Settings before?
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Sourabh Bhardwaj
>>
>>
>>
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