"Simple Mail Transfer Protocol" - If you use Gmail as your email server, it is best to set up SMTP within MVP to ensure deliverability of your emails
SMTP Set-Up (Google)
- First, you will need to set up your 2-Step Verification in your Google account.
- Open your google account and click your name at the top right.
- Click “Manage your Google Account”
- Click “Security” on the left menu
- Under “Signing in to Google,” select 2-Step Verification and then “Get started.”
Follow the steps provided on the screen
After this step has been completed, we now need to set up an App Password.
A the bottom of the 2-Step Verification page you will see “App Passwords”.
- Select the App passwords option. You will then select “Mail” and for the device, select “Other (Custom name) and type in Agency MVP.
- Click “GENERATE” and this will then generate an app password.
- Highlight and copy that password.
Log into your Agency MVP account. Select your name at the top right, then My Account Settings.
- In the SMTP Domain box enter ”smtp.gmail.com”
- In SMTP Username type in your Google email address
- In SMTP Password box, paste the password that was generated from your Google account.
Click “Update” at the bottom.