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docs/email: Document how to use a Gmail account with 2FA. 

Fixes #6974.
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@ -32,12 +32,19 @@ We don't recommend using an inbox product like Gmail for outgoing
email, because Gmail's anti-spam measures make this annoying. But if email, because Gmail's anti-spam measures make this annoying. But if
you want to use a Gmail account to send outgoing email anyway, here's you want to use a Gmail account to send outgoing email anyway, here's
how to make it work: how to make it work:
* Create a totally new Gmail account for your Zulip server. * Create a totally new Gmail account for your Zulip server; you don't
* Read this Google support answer and configure that account as want Zulip's automated emails to come from your personal email address.
["less secure"](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255); * If you're using 2-factor authentication on the Gmail account, you'll
Gmail doesn't allow servers to send outgoing email by default. need to use an
[app-specific password](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833).
* If you're not using 2-factor authentication, read this Google
support answer and configure that account as
["less secure"](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255);
Gmail doesn't allow servers to send outgoing email by default.
* Note also that the rate limits for Gmail are also quite low * Note also that the rate limits for Gmail are also quite low
(e.g. 100 / day), so it's easy to get rate-limited. (e.g. 100 / day), so it's easy to get rate-limited if your server
has significant traffic. For more active servers, we recommend
moving to a free account from a transaction email service.
### Logging outgoing email to a file for prototyping ### Logging outgoing email to a file for prototyping