Title: authentication Error
Last modified: January 23, 2017

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# authentication Error

 *  Resolved [mitul2703](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitul2703/)
 * (@mitul2703)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-error-5/)
 * The SMTP debugging output is shown below:
    2017-01-23 11:33:12 Connection: opening
   to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465, timeout=300, options=array ( ) 2017-01-23 11:33:
   12 Connection: opened 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “” 2017-
   01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “220 smtp.gmail.com ESMTP m136sm4643817pga.
   22 – gsmtp ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 smtp.gmail.com ESMTP m136sm4643817pga.
   22 – gsmtp 2017-01-23 11:33:12 CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO magnumforce.co 2017-01-
   23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines():
   $str is “250-smtp.gmail.com at your service, [205.186.180.18] ” 2017-01-23 11:
   33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-smtp.gmail.com at your service, [205.186.180.18]”
   2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-SIZE 35882577 ” 2017-01-
   23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-smtp.gmail.com at your service,[
   205.186.180.18] 250-SIZE 35882577 ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): 
   $str is “250-8BITMIME ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-
   smtp.gmail.com at your service, [205.186.180.18] 250-SIZE 35882577 250-8BITMIME”
   2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2
   PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines():
   $data is “250-smtp.gmail.com at your service, [205.186.180.18] 250-SIZE 35882577
   250-8BITMIME 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH”
   2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES ” 2017-
   01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-smtp.gmail.com at your service,[
   205.186.180.18] 250-SIZE 35882577 250-8BITMIME 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2 PLAIN-
   CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 
   SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-PIPELINING ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines():
   $data is “250-smtp.gmail.com at your service, [205.186.180.18] 250-SIZE 35882577
   250-8BITMIME 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH
   250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines():
   $str is “250-CHUNKING ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-
   smtp.gmail.com at your service, [205.186.180.18] 250-SIZE 35882577 250-8BITMIME
   250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
   250-PIPELINING 250-CHUNKING ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is“
   250 SMTPUTF8 ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-smtp.gmail.com at your
   service, [205.186.180.18] 250-SIZE 35882577 250-8BITMIME 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
   XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING
   250-CHUNKING 250 SMTPUTF8 2017-01-23 11:33:12 Auth method requested: UNKNOWN 
   2017-01-23 11:33:12 Auth methods available on the server: LOGIN,PLAIN,XOAUTH2,
   PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN,OAUTHBEARER,XOAUTH 2017-01-23 11:33:12 Auth method selected:
   LOGIN 2017-01-23 11:33:12 CLIENT -> SERVER: AUTH LOGIN 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP-
   > get_lines(): $data is “” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “
   334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 2017-
   01-23 11:33:12 CLIENT -> SERVER: YW5raXQuaXNwYWNlQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ== 2017-01-23 
   11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SMTP -> get_lines():
   $str is “334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 ” 2017-01-23 11:33:12 SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
   2017-01-23 11:33:12 CLIENT -> SERVER: QW5raXRAMTIz 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -
   > get_lines(): $data is “” 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “
   534-5.7.14 get_lines(): $data is “534-5.7.14 get_lines(): $str is “534-5.7.14
   rEI_qj6xANhcTD4sugvPTrbL1HOsOlrahJXvrXmDR4FQWffNKh0ITjbuhXpkNalBatyaFD ” 2017-
   01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “534-5.7.14 get_lines(): $str is“
   534-5.7.14 HLjYh2e2HEchVJw7NEfJ2jdmMcnf7eJhZGjvm_ryQjG4OkB4_kGlRi6oyH2-TUzBeTatpJ”
   2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “534-5.7.14 get_lines(): $str
   is “534-5.7.14 xTSoDjsXfbhyRv4mgLTNoWW2pwaZ9aKNGvP4sCs4-mpN78UVrJBFdxIW5OwV3jwcuzStWy”
   2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “534-5.7.14 get_lines(): $str
   is “534-5.7.14 2Ee9z-HjD_O_0yv8ioyy8w-_cYm8k> Please log in via your web browser
   and ” 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “534-5.7.14 Please log
   in via your web browser and ” 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is“
   534-5.7.14 then try again. ” 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is“
   534-5.7.14 Please log in via your web browser and 534-5.7.14 then try again. ”
   2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “534-5.7.14 Learn more at ” 
   2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “534-5.7.14 Please log in via
   your web browser and 534-5.7.14 then try again. 534-5.7.14 Learn more at ” 2017-
   01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “534 5.7.14 [https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754)
   m136sm4643817pga.22 – gsmtp ” 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SERVER -> CLIENT: 534-5.7.14
   Please log in via your web browser and 534-5.7.14 then try again. 534-5.7.14 
   Learn more at 534 5.7.14 [https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754)
   m136sm4643817pga.22 – gsmtp 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP ERROR: Password command 
   failed: 534-5.7.14 Please log in via your web browser and 534-5.7.14 then try
   again. 534-5.7.14 Learn more at 534 5.7.14 [https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754)
   m136sm4643817pga.22 – gsmtp 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
   2017-01-23 11:33:13 CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines():
   $data is “” 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “221 2.0.0 closing
   connection m136sm4643817pga.22 – gsmtp ” 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SERVER -> CLIENT:
   221 2.0.0 closing connection m136sm4643817pga.22 – gsmtp 2017-01-23 11:33:13 
   Connection: closed 2017-01-23 11:33:13 SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.

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 *  [Callum Macdonald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chmac/)
 * (@chmac)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-error-5/#post-8893114)
 * Perhaps your host is blocking connections. I’ve read that is an issue with GoDaddy.

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