This guide lists the steps to configure Jiwa to send emails from a GMail account.
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This guide assumes you have an existing GMail account and have two factor authentication enabled. |
Step-by-step guide
- Enable the "Email - Configuration SMTP" plugin in Jiwa, and disable any other emailing plugins
- Quit Jiwa and log back in
Open the System Configuration form and on the "Email - Configuration SMTP" tab, set the values as follows:
Setting Value SMTPServerAddress smtp.gmail.com SMTPServerPortNumber 587 SMTPRequiresSSL ☑ 
- Open staff maintenance and for the gmail user(s), set the Email Settings - Address (gmail email address), and SMTP Username (this will be their gmail email address also) - you won't have a password yet, we'll get that in the next step
- Visit the App Passwords page of Gmail and select the "Select App" dropdown in the "Select the app and device for which you want to generate the app password." section - choose the "Other (Custom name)" option.
- Type in Jiwa as the name of the App and press the Generate button.
- An App password will be shown to you, Select it and copy it to your clipboard.
- Back in Staff Maintenance in Jiwa, press the "Password..." button of the Email Settings section, and paste in the password
- Save
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