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Setup Gmail as SMTP

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An SMTP Server is an application that allows your device or server to receive and send Electronic Mails (e-mail) to various email receivers and senders. SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and it is a standard for sending emails. They use a wireless carrier to route text/push messages to the inbox of email applications.

By default, miniOrange provides and uses its own SMTP Server to send OTPs to users. If you have a custom SMTP Server configured, you can use the same to send Emails from your miniOrange account. Check out our list of Supported SMTP Servers.

miniOrange IDP allows you to configure Gmail as SMTP email provider hence giving you freedom to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot your email communications.

Prerequisites

• For Cloud Version - If your SMTP/Email servers are behind a firewall, make sure to open the right ports and allow inbound connections from our IP Addresses.

  You can whitelist the below IPs and open the given ports to make the request:

Region	IP
US	52.55.147.107
EU	13.51.230.230
AU	3.106.130.104
	54.206.97.196

• For On-Premise Version - If your SMTP/Email servers are behind a firewall, make sure to open the right ports and allow inbound connections from your server's IP Addresses.

Follow the guide below to configure a custom SMTP server in your account:

1. SMTP Configuration for Gmail

• Go to your Google Account and choose Security on the left panel.



• On the Signing in to Google tab, select App Passwords.



• Click on Select app and pick the app you're using.



• Click Select device and choose the device you're using.



• Click on Generate.



• Follow the instructions to enter the App Password. The App Password is the 16-character code in the yellow bar on your device.



• Click on Done.

Note:




You won't have to remember your App Password since you'll probably use it just once to connect your account to the app.





• Enter smtp.gmail.com as your host.
• Input 465 (SSL) or 587 (TLS) as SMTP port.
• The Username and Password is your Gmail account credentials.
Note: Please login with your on-premise IDP credentials if you are using an on-premise IDP.


• Go to Customization -> Custom Email Provider and add the details which are available on the SMTP server side.





• Click on Save and follow the below steps to test the custom Email Provider.

2. Test SMTP

• Once the SMTP is set, you can enter a test email and click on Test Configuration to be able to verfy if the SMTP flow is working or not.