[OUTREACHY] git send-email issues

I've been able to edit the add.c file since friday and I've created my patches too. The error I keep getting when I run either "git send-email --to=naomi.ibeh69@gmail.com builtin/0001-OUTREACHY-Fixed-add.c-file-to-conform-to-guidelines-.patch" or "git send-email --to=git@vger.kernel.org builtin/0001-OUTREACHY-Fixed-add.c-file-to-conform-to-guidelines-.patch" is this:

**Unable to initialize SMTP properly. Check config and use --smtp-debug. VALUES: server=smtp.gmail.com encryption=tls hello=localhost.localdomain port=587 at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-send-email line 1725, <FIN> line 1.**

I've used the --smtp-debug tag, checked the official docs and other docs too, plus stackoverflow,google and even chatgpt, but nothing seems to be working. I've even had to change my gmail password tonight but it still doesn't work. Any tips at all would be greatly appreciated at this point. Thank you