Gmail won't send

Gmail say that I must turn authentication on when configuring my email account. There is no option for 'yes' as proposed by Gmail. Instead (I'm using Mail) the authentication options are: None, External TLS Client or Certificate, Kerberos Version 5, NTLM, MD5 Challenge Response, Password. What should I be using?

iMac 21.5″ 4K

Posted on Nov 24, 2020 10:30 AM

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BDAqua

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Nov 25, 2020 9:27 AM in response to Amy Fraser

See if this might be it...

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en-GB

BDAqua

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Dec 24, 2020 10:46 AM in response to Amy Fraser

Any luck my friend?

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