Gmail with Moodle for Outgoing Email (SMTP)
You can use Gmail (including Google Workspace) to send emails via Moodle. Here are the settings required:
In your Google account:
- Login with the relevant account to https://accounts.google.com
- On the left go to security
- You should already have 2FA (2 Step Verification) enabled but if not, enable 2FA first otherwise you won't have the ability to set up app passwords
- Select App passwords
- Add a new one, select app Mail and select device as "Other". A good name might be Moodle or the name or your Moodle instance.
- The generated password is the one you use for the
SMTP passwordfield.
In Moodle as a site administrator:
- SMTP hosts: This requires both the server address and port (587 for TLS):
smtp.gmail.com:587 - SMTP security:
TLS - SMTP Auth Type:
LOGIN - SMTP username:
your@emailaddress.com - SMTP password:
your app password(not your actual password)
Further down you also need to change the No-reply address to the same email address as your SMTP username email address.
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