Set up email configuration

Set up email configuration

Please note, for this functionality to work you will need to provide an email address that does not have two factor authentication set up.

To set up your email configuration within LimeBooks, follow the steps below:

1) Within LimeBooks, click on your account icon in the top right corner
2) Click Email Configuration
3) Click the MANUAL button
4) Enter your email address and password for the account that you would like to connect
5) Enter your SMTP Server name and SMTP Port. You can click on the 'Common SMTP' button and choose from a list of common settings.
      a) If your email account settings aren't listed, check our list of other common SMTP settings here, find yours and copy these into the settings box(es) in LimeBooks.
      b) If your email account settings are also not listed in the above link, you will need to find these online, search for your email account SMTP Server Name to locate these, or ask your email provider.
6) Press CONFIRM

Once you've clicked confirm, if all details have been entered correctly, you will see a confirmation message letting you know the email configuration has successfully been set up.

If you have any issues with any of this, feel free to contact us.

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