Answers.Body: <p>It's mostly tongue-in-cheek, I think.</p>
  
  <p>When sending emails from Craft using Gmail, Craft uses SMTP, which Gmail considers "insecure", hence the reason they make you enable the "less secure apps" from your Google account.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Ok, so then are you suggesting there wouldn't likely be actual problems from using Gmail?
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Body: <p>In <a href="https://craftcms.com/guides/why-doesnt-craft-send-emails" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Craft's documentation for email</a> it says:</p>
  
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    <p><strong>Gmail</strong> might be a good option depending on your appetite for risk.</p>
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  <p>But I don't see anything about what the risks are. Is there a risk of getting hacked, or just an increased likelihood of messages not getting through?</p>
  
  <p>I have a small and internal user base, so Gmail might work for me, but I'm trying to make a quick decision and this is making me have to dig for info so I don't make a bad call.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://craftcms.com/guides/why-doesnt-craft-send-emails" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/guides/why-doesnt-craft-send-emails</a></p>
  
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Title: What are the risks of using Gmail for sending email from Craft CMS?
ThreadText: # What are the risks of using Gmail for sending email from Craft CMS?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-24)
  
  In [Craft's documentation for email](https://craftcms.com/guides/why-doesnt-craft-send-emails) it says:
  
  > **Gmail** might be a good option depending on your appetite for risk.
  
  But I don't see anything about what the risks are. Is there a risk of getting hacked, or just an increased likelihood of messages not getting through?
  
  I have a small and internal user base, so Gmail might work for me, but I'm trying to make a quick decision and this is making me have to dig for info so I don't make a bad call.
  
  <https://craftcms.com/guides/why-doesnt-craft-send-emails>
  
  **Tags:** emails
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-24. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  It's mostly tongue-in-cheek, I think.
  
  When sending emails from Craft using Gmail, Craft uses SMTP, which Gmail considers "insecure", hence the reason they make you enable the "less secure apps" from your Google account.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Ok, so then are you suggesting there wouldn't likely be actual problems from using Gmail?  
  > **username_1**: No more problems than email causes in general. :)  
  
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