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This will work in both the On Premises version of System Five, and in the System Five On Cloud environment.
You will need to have a functional Google Gmail account before you set this up. If you don't have one you can get one here. Create Your Gmail Account
To enable POP in Gmail. Don't forget to click Save Changes when you're done.
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If you get an error saying invalid credentials, check that you have entered your password correctly in the email settings of System Five.
If you are getting SSL Timeouts or SSL Authentication errors, two things may be causing the issue.
1. you can try setting the Incoming POP port from :995 to :465 and the Outgoing SMTP Server to :587.
2. Verify that your Gmail account allows “Less Secure” email programs to access Gmail.
* To do this, sign into Gmail through your web browser. * Click your photo, avatar or outline near Gmail's top right corner. * Click Manage Your Google Account. * Click Security on the left side of the screen. * Scroll down till you see Less Secure App Access. * click on “Turn on access (not recommended)”. * Click the little slide switch next to “Allow Less Secure Apps: Off”. * The little slide switch will move to the right and change color. * You can now close the browser tab.
Select Sign-in & security.
Make sure Allow less secure apps is On.
Created by Steve Wind May 13 2019