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Quan_nong · ‎07-04-2018

Hi All

Does anyone have trouble setting up their smtp server with gmail? I assume I'm using all the correct settings, but when i come to test the connection I get unable to connect to smtp server ( tested the username and password to login directly to gmail and they work fine )

url - smtp.gmail.com port - 465
protocal - SSL

claudiogardini · ‎07-04-2018

You probably need to "allow less secure apps" https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en

Quan_nong · ‎08-14-2018

Tried that and still not able to connect and I also tried using outlook.com smtp server and got the same error

brj · ‎08-14-2018

I quickly tried this today using jamf cloud and could not get it work. I also tried an on prem server with the same gmail account/details and it worked fine. Are you using jamf cloud ? If so, we may need to contact jamf support.

Quan_nong · ‎08-14-2018

I'm using Jamfcloud. I got it working with a normal Gmail account, but it doesnt seem to like a google business account ( If with all the added security it has like MFA )

richardPF · ‎04-08-2019

I don't know if you found a solution, but I got it working with the below settings with our company business Google account.

stephenb · ‎01-31-2020

You'll need to turn on "Less Secure Apps" within your Gmail account that you're connecting.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en

dbradprice · ‎02-24-2020

Note that Less Secure will be deprecated soon.
https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/12/less-secure-apps-oauth-google-username-password-incorrect.html

arnaud_mombrial · ‎03-19-2020

Hi,

what I did to successfully configure a GSuite Business account in a 10.20 Jamf Pro Instance :

In Jamf Pro Instance : https://<my-custom-url>:8443/smtpServer.html

Server and Port : smtp.gmail.com 465
Encryption : SSL
Connection Timeout : 30
Sender Display Name : Jamf Pro Server
Sender email address : prefix>@<custom-domain-name-managed-in-gsuite
Requires authentication : Yes
Username : prefix>@<custom-domain-name-managed-in-gsuite
Password : <APP PASSWORD>

It means that I activated 2-Steps Verification for prefix>@<custom-domain-name-managed-in-gsuite email, then I created an App Password specifically for Jamf Pro.

Security settings for GSuite can be found here : https://myaccount.google.com/security
App password can be configured here : https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords (only works after 2-steps enabled)