Email connection using SMTP/IMAP

Created by Rishi Kabra, Modified on Fri, 13 Oct, 2023 at 2:12 AM by Albert Jou

Open Gmail on your desktop and head over to the settings tab

Select the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab on the top

Select Enable IMAP and click on Save Changes

Head over to your Google Account

Navigate to the Security tab on the left side

Select Enable 2 Step Verification if it not Enabled. In a situation it is, skip the rest of this step and go to the next

Click on get started

You’ll be prompted to add your password again, go ahead and do so

Verify the device to which you’d like to get the verification code

Type in your phone number

Enter the code you would have just received

Verify the details and click on Turn on

If you head back to the Security Tab, you should now see a tick mark next to 2-Step Verification

Head over to your Google Account

Navigate to the Security tab on the left side

Select on App Passwords

You may be prompted to re-enter your gmail account password again, if so, please go ahead and type it in

In the dropdown select the Mail option, and for the device dropdown, select Other (custom name)

Name it something relevant to ContactOut to make it easy to identify down the road, then click Generate

You’ll have a password generated, which you need to copy and keep safely

Click on "+ Connect new inbox" and select the SMTP/IMAP option.

Type in your email account & password with the other pieces of information in the image below

SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com

SMTP Port: 465

SSL: True

IMAP Host: imap.gmail.com

IMAP Port: 993

SSL: True