# Email (Outgoing - SMTP Gmail)

Google Mail (Gmail) requires using an **App Password** to send mail using
their outbound SMTP server (smtp.gmail.com). 

Due to this requirement, Mitto's email jobs cannot natively send email via
Gmail. However, Postfix - a mail server already installed on the Mitto
instance - can be configured to relay mail through Gmail SMTP. After this
configuration is in place, you setup Mitto email jobs to send mail to Postfix
instead of Gmail directly.


Please contact Zuar to have Postfix configured for Gmail on your Mitto
instance. We'll need a Gmail App Password which you can generate by following
the instructions below. Please do not send the App Password via email as it's
sensitive data.

## Generate a Gmail App Password

1. Login to your Gmail Account. 

2. Navigate to [Security](https://myaccount.google.com/security).

3. If you have 2-Step Verification turned on, under **How you sign into
   Google**, click **2-Step Verificaton**. (If you don't have 2-Step
   Verification turned on, search for App Password in the search box at the
   top of Settings.)
   
   .. image:: assets/email-smtp-gmail__2-step-verify.png
      :alt: Under "How you sign in to Google," click 2-Step Verification

3. Scroll down and choose **App passwords**.

   .. image:: assets/email-smtp-gmail__app_pwd_menu.png
      :alt: Click App passwords

4. Under **Select the app and device you want to generate the app password
   for**, select **Mail** from the **Select app** drop-down.
   
   .. image:: assets/email-smtp-gmail__app_pwd_custom.png
      :alt: Choose "Other (Custom name)" from "Select app" drop-down

5. Enter a descriptive name like `Mitto` to identify the purpose of the App
   Password and click **Generate**.
   
   .. image:: assets/email-smtp-gmail__app_pwd_name.png
      :alt: Enter App Password name

6. The 16-digit **App Password** will be displayed. Store it securely as it
   will no longer be accesible after you click **Done**. (Repeat these steps
   to create a new App Password if needed.) Zuar will request this value in
   order to configure Postfix on your Mitto instance. 

7. After clicking **Done**, your new entry will be displayed in the **Your app
   passwords** list. The only option here is to delete (via trash can
   icon). Deleting an entry will invalidate the App Password and any
   configuration using it will no longer be able to authenticate against
   Gmail.
   
   .. image:: assets/email-smtp-gmail__app_pwd_created.png
      :alt: App Password list