Send Hub emails through your Gmail host

What can I use this for?

Using Gmail as your outgoing SMTP server will allow you to send your Hub emails from your Gmail account. Although most of the process is the same as using a custom host for your Hub emails, there is a bit of a difference when gathering the correct info from Google.

Step 1 - Open your email configuration settings

Navigate to the Emails tab in your Hub settings to access Email Configuration and toggle on Custom Email Host.

Step 2 - Fill Out the required fields

Next, enter or choose the following information into their respective fields in your Custom Host settings. 

• Mail Host: smtp.gmail.com
• Mail Port: 587
• Encryption: TLS
• Username: The email address you use to sign in to Gmail
• Password: Your app-specific password (see Step 3)
• From Email: The email address your Hub emails will come from
  once your host is connected

Below is an example of what your settings in Membership.io should look like, with your own Gmail in the Username field:

Step 3 - Generate your Google app password

This step is unique to Google. You'll need to generate an App password. But before that, please enable 2-Step verification in your Google account Security settings first.

Once that is complete search for and click on App passwords in the search bar to generate a password. 🔒

From here, enter a name for the new app password, such as Membership.io - then click Create.

Copy your app password displayed in the box, and paste it into your Membership.io settings.

Once complete be sure to 💾 Save your new settings.

Click on any Hub email template and then send a preview to an email address of your choice.

That's it! If you have any questions, reach out to us at help@membership.io.