# Alarm notification by mail does not work

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 22, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-by-mail-does-not-work/31513 "2020-01-22T13:25:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-by-mail-does-not-work/31513/10 "2022-08-03T19:42:47Z")

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I realize this is old but I just went through this today and couldn’t figure out why my SMTP setup was not working correctly. So this is for anyone else that may come across the same issue, you can use Gmail smtp, you just have to generate an App Password as Gmail no longer supports what they consider “less secure apps”.

> **[Less secure apps & your Google Account - Google Account Help](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255)**
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> To help keep your account secure, from May 30, 2022, ​​Google no longer supports the use of third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Google Account using only your

To generate an app password you have to login to your Google Account then find the “Manage Your Google Account” button. From there navigate to Security and find the heading “Signing in To Google”

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/d/dd096e9a44d895f8d05f53af6178872e5623880d.png)  
You can then click on the App Passwords tab and follow the instructions to generate it. That password is then used on the _Networking \> Email Settings \<_ tab or in the _Alarming \> Notification \<_ tab to allow sending emails from an email address.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/e/5e214c4a67d1e59db299dc231e3b4847cca42eb2.png)

If you use the Email Settings option you can easily test your SMTP setup by using the More dropdown and clicking test and entering the same email address you used to setup the SMTP as the From address. You will know it works if you get what is inside the green box, any other message means it failed.

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