{
  "title": "Email Server",
  "images": [],
  "text": "<p>Configure the outgoing mail server used by EnRep to send reports and system email.</p><div class=\"alert alert-info\"><strong>EnRep connection settings:</strong> email is sent using authenticated SMTP on port <strong>587</strong> with <strong>TLS/STARTTLS</strong>. The provider must allow username and password SMTP authentication.</div><h3>Required settings</h3><ul><li><strong>Mail server:</strong> the SMTP host supplied by your email provider.</li><li><strong>Mail username:</strong> normally the full sending email address.</li><li><strong>Mail password:</strong> the mailbox password or provider-generated app password.</li><li><strong>From address:</strong> normally the same address as the authenticated mailbox.</li><li><strong>From name:</strong> the business or sender name recipients will see.</li></ul><h3>Microsoft 365 / Office 365</h3><ul><li><strong>Mail server:</strong> smtp.office365.com</li><li><strong>Mail username:</strong> your full Microsoft 365 email address</li><li><strong>Mail password:</strong> the mailbox password, where permitted</li><li><strong>From address:</strong> normally the same Microsoft 365 email address</li></ul><p>Authenticated SMTP must be enabled for the Microsoft 365 mailbox. Some Microsoft accounts and organisations require OAuth/Modern Authentication and do not permit username/password SMTP; those accounts cannot connect through the current EnRep mailer.</p><h3>Outlook.com / Hotmail</h3><ul><li><strong>Mail server:</strong> smtp-mail.outlook.com</li><li><strong>Mail username:</strong> your full Outlook.com or Hotmail address</li><li><strong>Mail password:</strong> your Microsoft account password or app password, if available and required</li></ul><p>Microsoft documents Outlook.com SMTP using OAuth/Modern Authentication. If username/password authentication is refused, the account is not compatible with the current EnRep mailer.</p><h3>Google Gmail / Google Workspace</h3><ul><li><strong>Mail server:</strong> smtp.gmail.com</li><li><strong>Mail username:</strong> your full Gmail or Google Workspace email address</li><li><strong>Mail password:</strong> a Google <strong>App Password</strong>, not the normal account password</li><li><strong>From address:</strong> normally the same Google email address</li></ul><p>Enable 2-Step Verification on the Google account, then create a 16-character App Password for EnRep. Google Workspace administrators may restrict whether App Passwords are available.</p><h3>Apple iCloud Mail</h3><ul><li><strong>Mail server:</strong> smtp.mail.me.com</li><li><strong>Mail username:</strong> your full iCloud Mail address</li><li><strong>Mail password:</strong> an Apple <strong>app-specific password</strong>, not the normal Apple Account password</li><li><strong>From address:</strong> your iCloud Mail address</li></ul><p>Two-factor authentication must be enabled on the Apple Account before generating an app-specific password.</p><h3>Other SMTP providers</h3><ul><li><strong>Mail server:</strong> the provider's authenticated SMTP host, for example smtp.yourdomain.com</li><li><strong>Mail username:</strong> normally the complete mailbox address</li><li><strong>Mail password:</strong> the mailbox password or an app-specific password</li><li><strong>From address:</strong> an address the authenticated mailbox is permitted to send as</li></ul><p>The provider must support authenticated SMTP using TLS/STARTTLS on port 587. Providers that require port 465, port 25, OAuth-only authentication, or IP-based relay are not compatible with the current EnRep mailer configuration.</p><h3>Test before use</h3><p>Save the settings, enter a test recipient, and use <strong>Test</strong>. Email sending should only be relied upon once the server is shown as verified.</p>"
}