Set Up an App Password for Emailing
If you use a Gmail account to send emails from ACS, you must set up an App Password with Google. This is a security feature, required by Google, that ensures your Gmail account is used safely. For more information about App Passwords, see this Google help topic.
- Turn on 2-Step Verification.
- Log in to your Google account.
- Go to the Security section: https://myaccount.google.com/security.
- Under "How you sign in to Google", click 2-Step Verification. Enter your password to continue.
- Click Get Started, and follow the on-screen steps.
- Set up an App Password for Gmail.
- Log in to your Google account.
- Go to the App Passwords section: https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords .
- In the App name field, enter ACS, then click Create
- Your new App Password displays as the 16-character code.
- Copy your App Password to Notepad (and remove the spaces) or write it down, then click Done.
- Enter the App Password into your ACS Email setup.
- Open ACS People Suite.
- Under Manage Records, click the Communication tab.
- Select Mass E-mail, then click Go
.
- Click Mass E-mail.
- Under E-mail Method, select Use local SMTP and click OK.
- When the E-mail Editor window displays, click the E-mail Accounts drop-down list and select Manage E-mail Accounts.
- When the SMTP List window displays, click Add.
- Enter your Server and Port, and select the Security, Authenticate, and Verify Password on Send options, if applicable.'
- In the User Name field, enter your Gmail address. For Password, paste your App Password from Notepad or enter the password that you wrote down, without the spaces.
- Click OK.
Now, you can send emails from your ACS programs.
App Passwords do not expire on a regular basis. However, if you change your Google password, you must set up a new App Password at that time.