{"id":19465,"date":"2024-05-26T14:14:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T14:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/set-up-outgoing-smtp-email-for-magento\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T15:15:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T15:15:48","slug":"set-up-outgoing-smtp-email-for-magento","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/docs\/hosting-faqs\/set-up-outgoing-smtp-email-for-magento\/","title":{"rendered":"Set up outgoing SMTP eMail for Magento"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We recommend you to use Magento extension SMTP Pro when setting up external SMTP email for Magento 1.x. The manual method is also provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Preferred Method:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although you can configure your Magento installation to use external SMTP, it is better to consider using the\u00a0free SMTP Pro extension, which can be downloaded from GitHub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Manual Method:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not want to use the extension, you can set up SMTP access for Magento manually:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong>&nbsp;From the Magento Admin Panel, click&nbsp;<strong>System<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Configuration<\/strong>&nbsp;(Figure 1).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Figure-1-Magento-Admin-Panel-System-Configuration.png\" alt=\"Figure 1. Magento Admin Panel; System srcset=\" class=\"wp-image-3982\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Configuration.\u201d width=\u201d827\u2033 height=\u201d563\u2033><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Figure 1.<\/strong>&nbsp;Magento Admin Panel;&nbsp;<strong>System<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Configuration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong>&nbsp;Scroll down to the&nbsp;<strong>ADVANCED<\/strong>&nbsp;sub-menu, and then click&nbsp;<strong>System<\/strong>&nbsp;(Figure 2).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Figure-2-Advanced-System.png\" alt=\"Figure 2. Advanced srcset=\" class=\"wp-image-3983\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>System.\u201d width=\u201d574\u2033 height=\u201d625\u2033><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Figure 2.<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Advanced<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>System<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong>&nbsp;From the System section, click Mail Sending Settings (Figure 3).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Figure-3-System-section-Mail-Sending-Settings.png\" alt=\"Figure 3. System section; Mail Sending Settings.\" class=\"wp-image-3984\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Figure 3.<\/strong>&nbsp;System section;&nbsp;<strong>Mail Sending Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong>&nbsp;Enter the accurate information in the Host and Port (25) fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Host field, enter your outgoing SMTP mail server hostname. If you do not know the hostname, either locate it in your Welcome Email or\u00a0contact our Support Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Port (25) field, enter 587, then click Save Config (Figure 4).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Figure-4-Mail-Sending-Settings-Host-sample-entry-and-Port-587.png\" alt=\"Figure 4. Mail Sending Settings; Host sample entry and Port 587.\" class=\"wp-image-3985\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Figure 4.<\/strong>&nbsp;Mail Sending Settings; Host sample entry and Port 587.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there is any problem or you need technical help, you can\u00a0contact our Support Team by eMail or through chat for assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recommend you to use Magento extension SMTP Pro when setting up external SMTP email for Magento 1.x. The manual method is also provided. Preferred Method: Although you can configure your Magento installation to use external SMTP, it is better to consider using the\u00a0free SMTP Pro extension, which can be downloaded from GitHub. 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