09-12-2018, 01:58 AM
so yeah, turns out you just have to allow less secure apps when sending through gmail and thats what everyone does... should have looked online before posting. Thanks for your time.
Side note gmail is pretty awesome in that they allow you to setup receiving other accounts you own and sending as other accounts you own. So like I have mydomain@gmail.com setup to also receive support@mydomain.com and chris@mydomain.com and I can send as any of those 3. And as long as you get that setup and verified, you can send via smtp.gmail.com with any one of those as the sender address. So I have my US configured to use my mydomain@gmail.com account to send through smtp.gmail.com as support@mydomain.com. Pretty cool. Only downside of using gmail is they limit you to 100 to 150 emails per day. If I get to a point where I have that many new users a day it will be a welcomed problem to have to solve.
Side note gmail is pretty awesome in that they allow you to setup receiving other accounts you own and sending as other accounts you own. So like I have mydomain@gmail.com setup to also receive support@mydomain.com and chris@mydomain.com and I can send as any of those 3. And as long as you get that setup and verified, you can send via smtp.gmail.com with any one of those as the sender address. So I have my US configured to use my mydomain@gmail.com account to send through smtp.gmail.com as support@mydomain.com. Pretty cool. Only downside of using gmail is they limit you to 100 to 150 emails per day. If I get to a point where I have that many new users a day it will be a welcomed problem to have to solve.