Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an internet standard communication protocol used for sending and receiving electronic mails (E-Mail). It can be described as a set of communication guidelines that allow computer softwares to transmit an electronic mail over the internet.

By default, miniOrange provides and uses it's own SMTP Gateway to send electronic mails to users. If you have a custom SMTP gateway configured, you can use the same to send SMS from your miniOrange account. Check out our list of Supported SMTP gateways.

Follow the guide to configure SMTP gateway in your account

1. Set Organization SMTP Gateway

• Log in to the miniOrange dashboard.
• Go to Customization tab and click on Custom Email Provider

• Select the Enable your Email Provider option.

• Enter the SMTP Server Configurations.

Parameter	Description
Hostname	Hostname of the email SMTP gateway
Port Number	Enter the port number.
Username	Your account username
Password	Your account password.
Sender Email	Your Sender Email.(sender email address is what receivers see in the From field of your Email)
Sender Name	Your Sender Name (sender name is what receivers see as from name of your Email)
Encryption Type	Select an encryption type out of the 2 options (SSL and TLS) which is supported by your SMTP.

2. Test SMTP Gateway Configuration

• Enter email address and Click on the Test Configuration Button to test the SMTP email configuration.

• You can also enter a secondary email server information below.
• After entering the required information, click on Save button to save the configurations.