1 - Setup Your IMAP
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**
2- Enabling 2 Factor Authentication
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
3 - Creating an App Password
Head over to your Google Account
Navigate to the Security tab on the left side
Scroll down in the security tab and Click on 2-step verification
Scroll all the way down at the bottom where you can see App passwords
In the dropdown select the Mail option, and for the device dropdown, select Other (custom name)
Name it something relevant to Smartlead 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
4 - Final Step
Go to app.smartlead.ai and navigate to the Email Accounts tab
Click on Add Account
Type in your email account & password with the other pieces of information in the image below & voila!
SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP Port: 465
SSL: True
IMAP Host: imap.gmail.com
IMAP Port: 993
SSL: True
Test your connection by clicking on the Test Connection Button
You would have received a* test mail on the email account you signed up to Smartlead on
Once confirmed you’ll see a success message
And voila!
Feel free to add your signature which will be added to all your emails automatically and click Save