cannot send an email through matlab

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Mario Trevino
Mario Trevino on 3 May 2019
Commented: Adam Danz on 3 May 2019
Im not being able to send an email thgourh matlab.... My google account allow external applications to use it....
here is the code.... any suggestions?
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username='myemail';
password='mypassword';
setpref('Internet', 'SMTP_Server', 'smtp.gmail.com');
setpref('Internet','E_mail',username);
setpref('Internet', 'SMTP_Username', username);
setpref('Internet', 'SMTP_Password', password);
props = java.lang.System.getProperties;
props.setProperty('mail.smtp.auth', 'true'); % Note: 'true' as a string, not a logical value!
props.setProperty('mail.smtp.starttls.enable', 'true'); % Note: 'true' as a string, not a logical value!
props.setProperty('mail.smtp.socketFactory.port', '465'); % Note: '465' as a string, not a numeric value!
props.setProperty('mail.smtp.socketFactory.class', 'javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory');
sendmail('another@email', 'Hello world')
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Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 3 May 2019
Edited: Adam Danz on 3 May 2019
Mario, follow this demo on how to send an email from a gmail account using matlab. You're close - you just have to make some small adjustment.
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/433031-sending-e-mail-error#answer_349841
Feel free to leave a comment if you get stuck.
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Mario Trevino
Mario Trevino on 3 May 2019
OK found the problem.. it was my AVAST antivirus protection.
thank you very much!
Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 3 May 2019
Ah, this is also a common problem. I'll update that post to mention this. Thanks for following up!

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