To be able to use this plugin you need to create a gmail Application password (here)
How to create the appPassword
In order to authenticate with gmail we will need to base64 encode our email and password. The result will be the string that we should configure this plugin with (appPassword).
open your terminal and run the command:
echo -n <email>:<appPassword> | base64
Example
For example lets say my email were "test@gmail.com" and my appPassword were "test app password". The command being run in the terminal should look like this:
To be able to use this plugin you need to create a gmail Application password (here)
How to create the appPassword
In order to authenticate with gmail we will need to base64 encode our email and password. The result will be the string that we should configure this plugin with (
appPassword).open your terminal and run the command:
echo -n <email>:<appPassword> | base64Example
For example lets say my
emailwere "test@gmail.com" and myappPasswordwere "test app password". The command being run in the terminal should look like this:echo -n test@gmail.com:"test app password" | base64