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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:51:51 UTC
The branch main has been updated by carlavilla:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=02140316e883a481f5a563419a39c82e2af08822
commit 02140316e883a481f5a563419a39c82e2af08822
Author: Dave Cottlehuber <dch@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-01-16 18:49:27 +0000
Commit: Sergio Carlavilla Delgado <carlavilla@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-01-16 18:49:27 +0000
Handbook - mail: Add note about gmail needing app passwords
Reviewed by: carlavilla@, Graham Perrin
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/457
---
documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc
index 48f58ef4c1..fa8df9ac8d 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mail/_index.adoc
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ Authentication can be set with one line in [.filename]#/etc/dma/auth.conf#:
username@gmail.com|smtp.gmail.com:password
....
+[NOTE]
+====
+If you have 2-factor authentication enabled, you will need to generate an
+application-specific password as your normal login password will be
+rejected. See Google documentation for more information on
+https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords[app-specific passwords].
+====
+
Execute the following command to test the configuration:
[source,shell]