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Configure SMTP for outbound emails

You can configure OXID eShop from the Admin panel to send emails directly. Go to the “Master Settings” -> “Core Settings” and configure the settings of your email provider. For instance, you can use a Gmail account settings to send emails from the OXID eShop application, as shown below:

  • SMTP Server: ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465
  • SMTP User: USERNAME@gmail.com
  • SMTP Password: PASSWORD

Replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with your Gmail account username and password respectively.

OXID email configuration

To configure the application to use other third-party SMTP services for outgoing email, such as SendGrid, refer to the FAQ.

NOTE: If you are using Gmail as the outbound email server, your application’s attempts to send outgoing emails may be blocked by Gmail if it considers the authentication attempts to be suspicious. When this happens, you will receive a Gmail security alert at the corresponding Gmail address. To proceed, you will need to manually confirm the validity of the authentication attempt before Gmail will permit the application to send outbound emails. For more information on this and other Gmail issues related to outbound email from your application, refer to our Gmail SMTP troubleshooting page.

Last modification April 23, 2020