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# How to Connect To Your Email
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All marketing emails **MUST BE** sent from a **domain you own**, **NOT from a personal account** at a provider domain, like @gmail, @hotmail, @yahoo, etc. or in an ISP email in some cases.
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If you send emails that's more than 1,000/mon, we recommend you to choose our service
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## Use G-Suite as your SMTP Provider
### 1) Enable Google Account 2-step verification
Step 1: Go to Google.com
Step 2: Click on the 9 dots menu here on the top right
Step 3: Scroll down to click on **Admin**\
Step 4: Go to the Main menu on the top left, then click on **Security -> Authentication -> 2-step verification**\
Step 5: Make sure that the option to Allow users to turn on 2-Step Verification is enabled
Step 6: Refresh the manage your Google account page to see if 2-Step Verification shows up now:
### 2) Create app-specific passwords for accounts with 2-step verification on
Step 1: Go to Google.com
Step 2: Click on your icon on the top right
Step 3: Choose the correct Google Account that you want to integrate with
Step 4: Click on **Manage your Google Account**
Step 5: Click on **Security** and **scroll down** further to locate the section Signing in to Google\
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Make sure 2-step verification is enabled. You will need to **turn on 2-step verification** to be able to see the App Passwords option. If 2-step verification is missing, that means the option to allow users to turn on 2-step verification is off in Google Admin. Please contact the Gsuite admin to follow [this article](https://support.google.com/a/answer/9176657?hl=en#zippy=%2Callow-users-to-turn-on--step-verification) to enable the option.
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Step 6: Once 2-step verification is enabled, Click on **App passwords.** Make sure the right email is selected from the dropdown. Type password -> Click on **Next**\
Step 7: Select the app and device you want to generate the app password for
Step 8: Click on **Other (Custom name)** and **name it SMTP integration** (anything works)
Step 9: Click **GENERATE**
Step 10: Drag to **copy the highlighted text** and paste it as the **App** **password** when integrating Gmail SMTP
### 3) Add Your GSuite Email to Mad Hype
Step 1: Go to
Step 2: Click on **Settings** at the bottom left
Step 3: **Scroll further** on the sidebar menu to Click on **Email Services**
Step 4: Click on Add Service on the top right
Step 5: Click on the dropdown to Select Provider -> Select Gmail. Then paste the **copied App Password** that we generated just now in the Password field **(See #2, Step 10)**
Step 6: Enter the your **Gmail Login Email** and click **Save**, done!
## Use Other SMTP Providers
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A List of SMTP and IMAP Server:\
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Your SMTP provider may have daily limits on how many emails can be sent.
[See Gmail as an example](https://apps.google.com/supportwidget/articlehome?hl=en\&article_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.google.com%2Fa%2Fanswer%2F166852%3Fhl%3Den\&assistant_id=generic-unu\&product_context=166852\&product_name=UnuFlow\&trigger_context=a)
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Step 1: Go to
Step 2: Click on **Settings** at the bottom left
Step 3: **Scroll further** on the sidebar menu to Click on **Email Services**
Step 4: Click on Add Service on the top right
Step 5: Click on the dropdown to Select Provider -> Select Other.
Step 6: Fill out all the information and click **Save**
**Provider Name:** Your Host Name (e.g, GoDady, Hostpapa)\
**SMTP Server:** You may obtain this information from your host server. It usually starts with smtp. or mail\
**SMTP Port Number:** You may obtain this information from your host server. It's usually 465 or 587.\
Username: Your email username. It's usually the same as your email.\
**Email:** Your email address that you are going to integrate with\
**Password:** Your email address's password
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