How to set up an SMTP server

Configure an SMTP Server in snapADDY settings and send follow-up e-mails to event participants

Would you like to send emails to your contacts after the event? With snapADDY, this process is simple and efficient. Our follow-up email feature allows you to easily create and send personalized emails directly from the app or dashboard. 

To activate this feature, you will need to set up an SMTP server. The video and detailed instructions provided below will walk you through the setup process and highlight key points to consider.

Step 1: Find SMTP server settings in snapADDY Dashboard

  • Log in snapADDY dashboard
  • Go to settings in the upper right corner
  • Find the "Email server" page under organization settings

Step 2: Fill in the information from your server provider

There are many affordable e-mail providers that you can easily purchase and have a working server for your follow-up e-mails
  • Visit the website of your selected email provider to locate all the necessary SMTP access details.
  • Choose the host name and port suitable for the SMTP configuration
  • The username and password should match the credentials you use to log into your provider's website.

Step 3: Test your configuration 

  • Click on "Test configuration".

  • Once you see, that the connection to the e-mail server was successful, you can scroll down and save configuration

🎉 Now your SMTP server is configured and you can start sending follow-up e-mails.

 

Why is it better to use an SMTP server instead of Microsoft 365/Outlook? 

Documentation of Microsoft explicitly points out that their server are not suitable for sending mass e-mails, since they don't work as a proper relay-server. Therefore even if your company already uses Microsoft, it is better to look for other SMTP server options.