To send email from a Svija site, go to the Site Settings in the admin pages:
example.com/admin/svija/settings/
Click on the name of your site, and then MAIL PARAMETERS (SHOW). You’ll see the following settings:
- Username for sending email
- Password for sending email
- Server for sending email
- Email server port
- Use TLS
You can use any Gmail account for these settings. To get started, visit:
http://myaccount.google.com
Under Security › Signing in to Google enable 2-Step Authentification.
Then visit 2-Step Authentification › App Passwords (at the bottom). This won’t be visible until 2-Step Authentification is turned on.
Click the link that says To create a new app specific password, type a name for it below….
Under Select app, choose Other (custom name) and enter the name of your site. The exact details aren’t important — it’s just a reminder for future reference.
The password will appear in the following format:
lkdu euqg beim eijw
Copy this password and paste it into your site settings under Password for sending email (remove the spaces).
Fill in the other settings as follows:
- Username for sending email: the full gmail address
- Password for sending email: the Google app password
- Server for sending email: smtp.gmail.com
- Email server port: 587
- Use TLS: check this box
Did It Work?
To check if email can be sent from your website, go to:
https://your website/send?to=your email address