Title: Less secure plugin ?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Less secure plugin ?

 *  Resolved [riyazmuhammad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riyazmuhammad/)
 * (@riyazmuhammad)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/less-secure-plugin/)
 * Mail successfully send in Gmail when Allowing less secure apps to access your
   account. why? Is Contact form 7 is a less secure plugin? Please give a clarification.
   Do I always turn on it in gmail settings to work this plugin?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/less-secure-plugin/#post-6889183)
 * No CF7 is not less secure. “Allowing less secure apps to access your account 
   setup” is a sign that you have not setup your connection to Gmail correctly. 
   I’d recommend you use [Postman SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/)
   to help you do this.
 *  Thread Starter [riyazmuhammad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riyazmuhammad/)
 * (@riyazmuhammad)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/less-secure-plugin/#post-6889204)
 * Thank you buzztone for clarifying my doubt.
 *  Thread Starter [riyazmuhammad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riyazmuhammad/)
 * (@riyazmuhammad)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/less-secure-plugin/#post-6889205)
 * resolved

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 * [Contact Form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)
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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [riyazmuhammad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riyazmuhammad/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/less-secure-plugin/#post-6889205)
 * Status: resolved