Send Email using gmail failed

I used the example code from your site and I am sure it worked except the gmail rejected the use of my account with this message:

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Someone just used your password to try to sign in to your account from a non-Google app. Google blocked them, but you should check what happened. Review your account activity to make sure no one else has access.

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On the Matlab side the error was:

Error using sendmail (line 175)

Authentication failed.

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the program I used from an example is pasted below:

source = '[e-mail]'; %from address (gmail)

destination = '[e-mail]'; %to address (any mail service)

myEmailPassword = 'zaqWSX12'; %the password to the 'from' account

subj = 'This is the subject line of the email'; % subject line

msg = 'This is the main body of the email.'; % main body of email.

%set up SMTP service for Gmail

setpref('Internet','E_mail',source);

setpref('Internet','SMTP_Server','smtp.gmail.com');

setpref('Internet','SMTP_Username',source);

setpref('Internet','SMTP_Password',myEmailPassword);

% Gmail server.

props = java.lang.System.getProperties;

props.setProperty('mail.smtp.auth','true');

props.setProperty('mail.smtp.socketFactory.class', 'javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory');

props.setProperty('mail.smtp.socketFactory.port','465');

% Send the email

sendmail(destination,subj,msg); %<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< error here

Answer 1

[Jyotsna Talluri]

You also have to set the preferences through GMAIL to allow interaction with MATLAB. You can do it with the following link:

https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/security/lesssecureapps