Fix the Gmail authentication error.
Below you’ll learn how to tát fix the Gmail Server error which appears when adding a Google Workspace trương mục inside of a personal Gmail trương mục. Full tutorial is below along with a step by step đoạn Clip at the kết thúc of the post.
If you’re using Google Workspace , and have tried to tát phối up your Google Workspace gmail trương mục inside of a second personal Gmail trương mục, you may have lập cập into an error similar to tát this one:
Here’s the error:
Authentication failed. Please kiểm tra your username/password. [Server response: 534-5.7.14
Support for this issue is poorly documented by google, and lượt thích many before, you’ve probably been pulling your hair out trying to tát find a solution.
Fear not. There is an answer!
How to tát fix the “Gmail Authentication failed. Please kiểm tra your username/password” Error. Also known as the “Server response: 534-5.7.14 Error”
Step 1.
Sign into https://workspace.google.com/ with your Google Workspace Administrator tên miền, username and password.
Step 2.
Once you’re in. Click ‘Security’. If you can’t see it, type Security into the tìm kiếm field at the top of the Admin Console.
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Step 3.
Click to tát expand the ‘Basic Settings’ Section
Step 4.
Click the “Go to tát settings for less secure apps ››” links next to tát Less Secure Apps‘
Step 5.
If it’s not phối already. change the setting on this page to tát “Allow users to tát manage their access to tát less secure apps“. If this is already phối, don’t worry, there’s another change we need to tát make before everything will start to tát work :-). Once you’re done. Press ‘SAVE‘ in the bottom right.
Please Note – 4 – 6 Hour Propagation Delay
After changing the setting “Allow users to tát manage their access to tát less secure apps”, there can occasionally be a period of 4 – 6 hours before the setting takes effect on all of your accounts. With “Enforce” taking up to tát 24 hours. Thanks to tát Albert Tseng for the heads up about this!
Step 6.
Next we need to tát access the ‘My Account’ page for the Google Workspace user you’re trying to tát add to tát your personal gmail trương mục. So if you’re trying to tát add ‘[email protected]’ to tát [email protected], you need to tát be signed into [email protected]. This may well be your Google Workspace Administrator trương mục too, In which case, you’re already signed in.
If it is the same trương mục, and you’re already signed in, you can access the my trương mục page by clicking the icon in the top right hand corner of the screen you’re on, then clicking the xanh rì ‘My Account’ button. If it’s a different trương mục, you simply need to tát sign in via https://myaccount.google.com/.
Step 7.
From the My Account dashboard of your Google Workspace user trương mục, click the ‘Sign In và Security’ links.
Step 8.
From the left hand thực đơn on the Sign In and Security Page, click ‘Connected Apps và Sites’
Step 9.
Scroll down on the Connected Apps and Sites section and in the last box you’ll see the title ‘Allow less secure apps: on/off’ – press the switch to tát the right to tát make it go xanh rì. So the title Reads ‘Allow Less Secure Apps: ON’
Step 10.
Log out of your Google Workspace user trương mục and visit www.gmail.com. Enter your personal gmail username and password to tát login. Once you’re in, press the cog in the top right hand corner. Then click on the ‘Accounts and Import’ tab. Inside the ‘Send Mail As’ section click on ‘Add another gmail address that you own’.
Step 11.
In the pop up window that appears, enter your name and the gmail address, then click on ‘Next Step’.
Step 12.
In the next window, enter ‘smtp.gmail.com’ as the SMTP server. Then enter the gmail address and password of the google Workspace user trương mục you’re trying to tát add. Then press ‘Add Account’.
Step 13.
On the next screen, if the trương mục has been successfully added you’ll be asked to tát enter a verification code. This code will have been emailed to tát the Google Workspace user gmail trương mục you’ve just added. Log in to tát that trương mục and grab the code, then enter it in the box. Or alternatively, click the links included in the gmail to tát verify your trương mục. And that’s it. Job done 🙂 Make yourself a brew.
Step by step đoạn Clip tutorial.
Below you’ll find a full đoạn Clip which takes you through the entire process of adding a Google Workspace gmail address to tát a personal Gmail trương mục.
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