Guide to follow for
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Configure an outgoing mail server
Configuring GMail SMTP Server
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Server hostname → smtp.gmail.com - this is configured by Gmail
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Server port → 465 - here you are using port for SSL
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Username → username used for Gmail account that you are using as an mail server
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We recommend only with limitations to use this method because of:
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Configuration of your Google Account
Login to Google Account and navigate to Security → Signing in to Google → App passwords
If you don’t have this option “App passwords”, it might be because you have not set up 2-Step Verification for this account:
Activate 2-Step Verification first before you continue in this tutorial.
If this is not helping, there are perhaps other reasons, see Googles Help ArticleIn the next step, choose “Mail” as app and “Other” as device:
Then give your app password e.g. the name "Page Beam App" and click generate.
Your App password is now displayed. Please keep it safe, as it will only be displayed once.
Configuring Page Beam App
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If Gmail is used as mail server, all mails will be sent from the email address of the Gmail account (given by Username). The "From Address" field in the Page Beam admin page is ignored. |
Go to your Confluence Cloud instance and navigate to the Page Beam admin page
Enter the following information in the “Mailserver Account” section and click “Save”.
Server hostname: smtp.gmail.com
Server port: 465
Username: your-account@gmail.com
Password: Your App Password from above
If everything was set up correctly, the following positive status message should appear in the left corner:
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