How To Set Up Your Gmail SMTP Settings (2023 Guide)
Gmail SMTP settings Gmail SMTP server address: smtp.gmail.com Gmail SMTP name: Your name Gmail SMTP username: Your Gmail address Gmail SMTP password: Your Gmail password Gmail SMTP port (TLS): 587 Gmail SMTP port (SSL): 465 If asked: Requires SSL: Yes Requires TLS: Yes Requires / Use authentication: Yes Requires / Use secure connection: Yes
To generate an app password:Follow this link while logged into your Google account. (Go to your Google Account > Security > Signing in to Goggle > App passwords) From the drop down menu, you’ll need to select the app first:
Then select a device type:
And finally, click on “Generate”:
Gmail will then provide you with a secret key (in yellow) to use in your selected app, and the required steps to get this done:
How to set up POP3 and IMAP for Gmail? On your computer, open your Gmail. Go to Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. Scroll down to “POP download” section >Enable POP for all mail.
In the “IMAP access” section > Enable IMAP.
And of course, Save Changes. n your email client side, you will need to go into your settings, and find the account settings section where your Incoming messages and POP/IMAP configurations are managed. Once there, input the below info and values.
Settings for POP: ncoming Mail Server (POP): pop.gmail.com Requires SSL: yes Port: 995 Server timeouts: 5-min (recommended) Display Name: Your name Username: Your Gmail address Password: Your Gmail password Settings for IMAP: Incoming Mail
Server (IMAP): imap.gmail.com Requires SSL: Yes Port: 993 Display Name: Your name Username: Your Gmail address Password: Your Gmail password
Conclusion Now that you’ve configured your Gmail SMTP settings and your Gmail POP/IMAP settings, you should be all set up to start sending emails from your external app!
Always keep in mind Gmail’s sending limits. Using another email client does not absolve you from Gmail’s 500/day limit. To avoid getting flagged or blocked by Gmail, it’s always safest to start slow (40-100 emails) per day, before trying to send more.
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