SOLVED Gmail authentication failure, update.

[esamett]

I'm using FreeNAS 11.2U8 because I don't want to learn a new UI. My email was working until I changed my gmail password a few months ago. It seems like Google reset the block on my "unsecure" app. I had previously found a forum post saying that you could set up an app specific password for gmail, even if you didn't use two factor authentication. I was never able to find the setting on my gmail account though.

Today I reset the password on my FreeNAS and google blocked the login again. I found this information:

Sign in with app passwords - Google Account Help

Important: App passwords aren’t recommended and are unnecessary in most cases. To help keep your account secure, use "Sign in with Google" to connect apps to your Google Account. An app password is a

support.google.com

I read text as requiring two-factor authentication to get the app specific password. I bit the bullet and set it up. Copy/paste of the password google sends you works. I set up "freenas" as the app and voila: