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5.16. How do I create a Google Application Password?

Here are the instructions to create a Google Application Password to be used in the BoxMinder Application.

First Log into your Gmail or Google Account. 

Click on the button on the top right with the nine dots.  Then click the Account icon.

This will bring up your Account information.  Then click on the Security option.

Scroll down on the next screen until you see 2-Step Verification.  This must be turned on to be able to initially create an Application Password. If it is not on, then turn it on.

Click on the Signing in with 2 step verification.

Then click on Manage Settings.

Scroll down until you see App Passwords and click on it. To create one, click on the Select App, then click on Other.

Key in BoxMinder as the Application and click Generate.  This will generate your Application Password for the BoxMinder App.

You can copy this password and put it into the BoxMinder email setting for the Password under the Email settings when you are using a gmail account.

After this has been completed and you have a copy of the application password, this needs to be placed in the BoxMinder application under the email setup section.  You can get there by clicking on the Setup Menu from the main screen, then Setup Options.  This will display the following screen.  Then click on Email Settings to display the email settings screen.

This is the Email Settings Screen.  Here you need to key in your gmail email address in the three fields as shown below along with the newly created Application Password in the Password field.  If you wish to see the password, press the following key sequence. Ctrl-Alt-P and the password will be shown in readable characters.

Also, make sure you change the SMTP, Port, and Connection to be:

smtp.gmail.com
587    
SSL

As shown below.

Then click on the Close button to save the changes. Then Close button again and then the Exit Button.  Re-Run the application and should not be able to login and function properly.