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title: "How to manage SMTP settings"
slug: "how-to-manage-smtp-settings"
updated: 2026-11-03T14:47:51Z
published: 2026-11-03T14:47:51Z
canonical: "docs.senhasegura.io/how-to-manage-smtp-settings"
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# How to manage SMTP settings

An SMTP email account lets Segura™ Platform send notifications for events such as a password change before a certificate expires, or a suspicious access attempt.

Use valid email addresses. Approvers receive access requests by email, and requesters receive the approval or rejection responses.

Info

For a Microsoft-hosted mailbox, such as `smtp.office365.com`, the `email-oauth2-proxy` component is no longer the default. Create a credential with the Azure OAuth2.0 values, select it in the **Credential for authentication** field, then complete the **Actions > Authenticate** flow: see [Configure OAuth2.0 authentication for SMTP and IMAP via Azure](/v4-2/docs/configure-oauth2-0-authentication-for-smtp-and-imap-via-azure). For other providers, use the local proxy: see [Register the email-oauth2-proxy component](/v4-2/docs/register-the-email-oauth2-proxy-component).

## Requirements

Before you configure the SMTP account, create the credential it uses to authenticate. In PAM Core, go to **Credentials > All credentials** and select **Add**. Store the account's authentication values in that credential. For a Microsoft-hosted mailbox, use the Azure OAuth2.0 values: see [Configure OAuth2.0 authentication for SMTP and IMAP via Azure](/v4-2/docs/configure-oauth2-0-authentication-for-smtp-and-imap-via-azure). You select this credential in the **Credential for authentication** field during the configuration.

## Configure the SMTP service

1. On Segura™, in the navigation bar, hover over the **Products** menu and select **Settings**.
2. On the side menu, select **Email > SMTP configuration**.
3. Select **Add** to create a new SMTP service configuration.
4. Complete the account fields:
  1. **Account name**: enter a name for the account, for example `Office365`.
  2. **Enabled**: select **Yes** to activate the account.
  3. **Sender email**: enter the address used to send emails.
  4. **Reply email**: enter the address that receives reply emails.
  5. **Reply email (Return-Path)**: enter the address that receives emails when sending fails.
  6. **Confirmation mail**: enter the address that confirms sending.
5. Set the account options. To let the platform send emails, set **Default account** to **Yes** on one active account. Set **Send read confirmation**, **Force use of configuration**, and **Enable footnote** as needed.
6. In the **SMTP server settings** section, complete the following fields:
  1. **Host SMTP**: enter the provider's SMTP host, for example `smtp.office365.com` for Microsoft or `smtp.gmail.com` for Google.
  2. **Port**: enter the provider's SMTP port, for example `587`.
  3. **Use safe connection?**: select **Yes** or **No** for your provider.
  4. **Use authentication?**: select **Yes** to authenticate with a credential.
  5. **Ignore certificate error**: select **Yes** or **No** for your provider.
  6. **Use Network Connector?**: select whether to route the connection through a Network Connector.
  7. **Network Connector**: select the connector, if applicable.
  8. **Credential for authentication**: select the credential you created before starting.
7. Select **Send**.

Info

Leave **Network Connector** blank to use the default connector defined in **Settings > System parameters > Global > Application > Network Connector**.

## Test the configuration

Once you have configured the SMTP account, test it:

1. On Segura™, in the navigation bar, hover over the **Products** menu and select **Settings**.
2. On the side menu, select **Email > SMTP configuration**.
3. In the list, identify the account you created, select the **Actions** button, then select **Test setting**.
4. On the **Test email - account** screen, enter an email address to test the configuration.

If the configuration is correct, the system displays a success message. If the test fails, verify the host, port, connection security, and the selected credential, then test again.