Gmail Send Email credentials

Follow these steps to configure the Send Email credentials with a Gmail account.

Prerequisites

To follow these instructions, you must first:

1. Enable 2-step Verification on your Gmail account.
2. Generate an app password.

Enable 2-step Verification

Generate an app password

Set up the credential

To set up the Send Email credential to use Gmail:

1. Enter your Gmail email address as the User.
2. Enter the app password you generated above as the Password.
3. Enter smtp.gmail.com as the Host.
4. For the Port:
   • Keep the default 465 for SSL or if you're unsure what to use.
   • Enter 587 for TLS.
5. Turn on the SSL/TLS toggle.

Refer to the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server settings in Read Gmail messages on other email clients using POP (opens in a new tab) for more information. If the settings above don't work for you, check with your email administrator.