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While trying to configure gmail SMTP on my OwnCloud installation, I continued to run into an authentication issue.  Oddly enough, I have several other areas where I have this working without issue (server & webcam) and so I'm no stranger to the configuration and setup.  I was nearly stumped when I found a solution that may help others as well.

I finally found the following "https://accounts.google.com/UnlockCaptcha".  Captcha was causing the hiccup.  By unlocking the account, all was back to normal and emails could be sent from my cloud server. 

My OwnCloud 8.1.1 config is as follows;

  'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',   'mail_from_address' => 'mygmailacct',   'mail_domain' => 'gmail.com',   'mail_smtpsecure' => 'tls',   'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',   'mail_smtpauth' => 1,   'mail_smtphost' => 'smtp.gmail.com',   'mail_smtpport' => '587',   'mail_smtpname' => 'mygmailacct@gmail.com',
  'mail_smtppassword' => 'MyPassword',