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Amos
Asked: 2019-11-08 23:28:30 +0800 CST

How to authorize my VPS to use my Gmail account?

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I have a Java server (WAR) that I develop and I want to add a "contact us" rest API where it will use my gmail account to send the email to me (my gmail account). On my local computer it works and now I want to deploy the war to my vps (ubuntu).

I need to authorize it to use my Gmail account, otherwise I will get a suspicious sign in that was blocked.

How can I do it? Thanks

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1 Answers

  1. Using the Gmail API is probably the preferred solution https://developers.google.com/gmail/api

    But as a quick alternative:

    The typical VPS running Linux has a SMTP server installed that allows you to send mail with either

    • “the sendmail” (compatible) command /usr/lib/sendmail
    • an smtp server that listens on localhost port 25

    Reliable mail delivery using your own @example.com domain takes some more effort but your “contact us “ messages have only you yourself as te recipient and if they end up in a spam folder simply white list your app

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