M1XEP SMTP Email via GMail or Yahoo

Elk M1XEP SMTP Email via GMail or Yahoo 2022 Update

Google is making security changes to their service that will prevent using the gmail address and password to login and send emails via their servers.  This will impact users of M1XEP and any other devices trying to send smtp mail.

Instead users will need to turn on 2FA on their gmail account and then create an app password in GMail.  The app password is then used by the M1XEP and functionality will continue as before.

More information from GMail here:  

Yahoo has also implemented a similar approach.  More information from Yahoo here:

In fact this isn't anything new.  Many smtp email services have been implementing this function for some time now to improve email security.

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