# ERROR – 535 auth failure

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-535-auth-failure/273959>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [August 4, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-535-auth-failure/273959 "2023-08-04T12:51:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![tikidave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tikidave/32/379269_2.png) [@tikidave](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tikidave)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-535-auth-failure/273959/11 "2024-10-22T13:56:17Z")

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In my case, it did not like my password and I needed to reset it to something alphanumeric (no special chars).

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