Setting up AVideo Platform to send emails
You have two options for this.
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You can use an email server for sendmail function as Postfix, try this tutorial
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or you can use an external SMTP as Gmail or something else. but do not worry, you will just use the Gmail SMTP, but the domain can be @yourdomain.com. so even if you are using Gmail your email will still look professional.
A little-known feature about Gmail and Google Apps email is Google's portable SMTP server. Instead of having to manage your own outgoing mail server, you can simply configure Google's SMTP server.
You can find this configuration on Menu -> Site Configurations -> Advanced Configurations
- Gmail SMTP server address: smtp.gmail.com
- Gmail SMTP username: Your Gmail address (e.g. example@gmail.com)
- Gmail SMTP password: Your Gmail password
- Gmail SMTP port (TLS): 587
- Gmail SMTP TLS/SSL required: yes
To make Gmail allow you to use your account as an SMTP server, disable this security feature:
- Sign in to Gmail
- Click here to access Less Secure App Access in My Account.
- Next to “Allow less secure apps: OFF,” select the toggle switch to turn ON.
The Allow less secure apps setting is not available for accounts with 2-Step Verification enabled. Such accounts require an application-specific password for less secure apps access.
Use this instead https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
We also made a video tutorial to help you configure it: https://tutorials.avideo.com/video/82/setup-gmail-smtp-with-2fa
Send emails when you don’t have your own mail server. Using an SMTP relay service is the simplest way to get started sending marketing and transactional emails.
For example, you can use https://www.mailgun.com/. If you want to use this service follow this tutorial to get the SMTP credentials
Or if you prefer you can use https://www.mailjet.com/. to use it as your SMTP relay follow this tutorial
With this, you will be able to you use your domain to send emails, in this case, I recommend you to use this free solution
If you already can forward your domain emails, now you can set up Gmail to use your domain