[SOLVED] Apache Commons Email work with "normal gmail", but not "Gmail for work"?

Apache Commons Email work with "normal gmail", but not "Gmail for work"?

Hi I'm using the following code to send email:

public static void sendEmail(String from, String to, String password) {
    Email email = new SimpleEmail();
    email.setHostName("smtp.googlemail.com");
    email.setSmtpPort(465);
    email.setAuthenticator(new DefaultAuthenticator(from, password));
    email.setSSLOnConnect(true);
    email.setSubject("Plain mail");
    email.setMsg("test");
    email.addTo(to);
    email.send();
}

Now, it works when I'm calling this function with my "normal" gmail address:

sendMail("me@gmail.com","friend@gmail.com", "my-password");

So the above works. But when I'm trying to migrate to Gmail for Business, and create an email address "me@mycompany.com" (which is hooked to Gmail), I get an authentication error:

sendMail("me@mycompany.com","friend@gmail.com", "my-new-password");

Gives me this error:

javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException:
<https://accounts.google.com/ContinueSignIn?sarp=1&scc=1&plt=AKgnsb...ZlTLN2wQG4> 
Please log in via your web browser and then try again.

I suspect I need to set something in my Google Apps console, but I'm not even sure where to start looking for the info.

Can anybody help? Thanks.

Solution

This answer is coming from a similar SO question here.

The issue is due to allowing less secure apps to access your account. Click the following link https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps and disable security setting. For more information you can read this here.

Good luck!