How to use the Gmail Account as A SMTP Server

Firstly, the important thing is that one should know what SMTP stands for? SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It is the net standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission. The mail servers and other message transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages.

How are emails sent From websites?

We can send email normally By Using Any Email Id, but if you want to send email from a website you have to use an SMTP Server for sending emails through websites. There are various important key steps given below that one should read carefully if you want to send email through a website.

Here Are the Step By Step Guidelines How To Use Your Gmail Account As A SMTP Server

Step 1:

Enable Two-Step Verification: Enabling A Two-Step Verification is very important for Using The Gmail Account As A SMTP

Follow The Steps Below

• Sign In with your Google account

• Go To Manage Your Google Account

• Click On Security

• Enable a 2-step verification process. After that click on get started.

• Sign in again in your Google account.

• Then Google will ask you to use your phone for completing the second step Of sign-in.

• The device will be shown below if your device is shown click on the continue button.

• Then Google will ask you to unlock the phone which was shown in the previous step.

• After making your phone unlock. Tap yes on the prompt.

• Enter code. In this way, your 2-step verification process will get completed.

• Then Google will ask the question, “Do you want to stay signed in with your id” which was log in on your device. If YES then click on the Turn On button.

• In this way, you will enable the 2 step factor.

Step 2:

Enabling An Application Password:

• Just Go to Security Again and then click on the app passwords option.

• It will Ask You To Verify You Sign in Just Re Login 

• After Sign In You Will See 2 Options

1. 1. Select app

   2. Select device.

• In the Select app option, you will get various options in the drop-down list i.e. Mail, Calendar, Contacts, YouTube, and other (custom name).

• You Can select other options for custom names. You can’t proceed to the next step without entering a custom name. 

• Here You Can Keep Any Name Like I Choose to Use Demo App.

• Next Just click on generate. Which Will Provide you One Random App Password Which You Can Use For the SMTP Connectivity

• Remember to copy the password and save it somewhere because this password will not be available in your mail. Once this password gets dismissed you won’t be able to retrieve it.

Various Steps To Use SMTP to BULK SMS PLANS Reseller Portal :

1. Go to Setting.

2. Click on SMTP & SMS Manager.

• Put your Email id and App password that we just Generated In Step 2

• Fill SMTP Server: For Gmail id it's smtp@gmail.com

• Fill SMTP port of Gmail id 587

• Click on the Update general SMTP setting.