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What Are Email Settings Used For?
The Email Settings in CAKE allow your company to use a custom Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to relay various types email communications to your employees and partners. The SMTP settings are most commonly used to send login emails, alert emails, and transactional emails regarding the account and campaigns.
Where To Add Email Settings In CAKE
To enable your custom email domain to send emails from CAKE using SMTP settings, follow these steps:
Click the Setup main-tab
Click on the Settings sub-tab
Click Email Settings
Input the General Settings
Click Save
What Are The SMTP Settings?
The General Settings for configuring your email SMTP are as follows:
Mail Server Domain/IP Address: The SMTP domain of your server, e.g. smtp.sendgrid.net
Mail Server "From" Email Address: The address you want emails to come from
Mail Server "From" Name: The name you want to be shown when others receive an email
Mail Server Username: The Username of the account on the SMTP server
Mail Server Password: The Password of the account for the username
Mail Server Port Number: The Port on your SMTP server to send an email, e.g. 25, 465, 587 or 8080
Mail Server Use SSL: Tick the box if your mail server requires a secure transmission
FAQ
Is there a limit to how many emails can be sent?
Check with your SMTP email provider to see if they have a limit to the number of emails that can be sent.
Can this email address receive replies?
Check the email address settings within your SMTP email provider to see if the address can receive replies.