How to use gmail as smtp server to send email in TOS6

Currently, the local email server in TOS6 is broken for some users.

In this guide i will show how to use the Gmail as smtp server to send email notifications from TerraMaster NAS.
For this purpose you can use your personal email or you can create a specific gmail account .

As from fall 2024, Gmail require 2-step authentication metod to login on your account, so we are going to use App Passwords to authenticate on the smtp server.

Step 1: Enabling SMTP in Gmail settings

Before you can use Gmail’s SMTP server, you need to ensure that your Gmail account is set up to allow SMTP connections. Here’s how:

Access your Google account settings: Log in to your Gmail account and navigate to your Google Account settings. You can find this by clicking on your profile picture in the top right corner and selecting “Manage your Google Account.”

Security settings: In the left sidebar, click on “Security.”

2-Step verification is enabled: Before you can use App Passwords, you must enable 2-Step Verification. This adds an extra layer of security to your account by requiring a second form of verification when you sign in.

Step 2: Create App Password

Nvigate to this link https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords to create you app password.

Type a name for your app as example TerraMaster NAS and press on Create

Make sure you save somewhere the generated password, this will be use to configure TOS notifications and cannot be retrieved again from google account.

If you lost the password, delete the existing one and generate a new one.