Google email hosting provider

In this article:
What is SMPT mail hosting?
How to set up a Google provider?
Generate app password

✔️ What is SMPT mail hosting?

With SMPT mail hosting you can connect external email hosting provider and use your personal authorized business email as the sender in all "Send email" actions. More detailed information you can find in this article

✔️ How to set up a Google provider?

Enter React Flow > open Connectors section and click on SMTP connector.



(optional) Enter the name and description of the connector.

In the Providers section click on Choose provider and select Google.

Fill the appeared fields with the following info:

Host: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 587
Username: enter your email
Password: you need to generate app password in your Google account. Below you can find a detailed guide how to generate app password.
Email: enter your email.
Security: TLS



Click on Test in the upper-right corner.

Save connector.

✔️ Generate app password

Note: Before you start generating an app password, make sure that you configured a two-factor authentication.

To generate app password log in to your Google account > click on Manage your Google account in the upper-right corner.

Enter the Security section > click on 2-Step Verification.



Scroll the page and find the App password section.

In the appeared field select Other (Custom name) and enter the name of the app > click Generate.



Copy generated password > get back to React Flow and paste app password to the Password field.

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Updated on: 09/05/2023