How to Connect Your Own SMTP Server for Sending Emails?
How to Connect Your Own SMTP Server for Sending Emails?
Why is it worth doing this?
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Sending emails from your own mailbox is much more effective than using our shared address
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Emails are sent faster
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The chance of them ending up in spam is much lower
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This solution is also more reliable in case of global outages
How to connect your own mailbox step by step?
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On the top menu, select Settings, then Configuration
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On the tile named Integrations, click the See button
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Go to the Notifications tab (the option is located just below the tab name)
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On the Custom SMTP Server tile, click the Create button
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After clicking the button, a configuration window will open, as shown below. You will have to fill up the data:

To enable the integration, you need to provide the following data:
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Host → This is the mail server address. For example, for Gmail it will be
smtp.gmail.com. For other providers, you need to find the SMTP connection settings in your mailbox configuration. -
Port → Just like the host, this information must be found in your mailbox settings. For example, Gmail uses
465for SSL encryption or587for TLS encryption. -
Encryption → Select whether it is SSL or TLS, according to the chosen port above.
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Username → Usually, this is the email address you are using.
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Password → The password to your email account.
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From title → Enter the email address you are using.
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From E-mail → Enter the email address you are using.
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Click the Test button in the top-right corner to check whether the connection has been configured correctly.
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Mark the integration as Active and click Save.
Now deactivate the previous integration.
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Go back to the notification configuration view and on the ParkFlow SMTP tile, click the Edit button.
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Mark the configuration as Inactive and click Save.