What Is A Gmail SMTP Server?

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Gmail SMTP Server
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• Google has provided a free SMTP server i.e. Gmail
  SMTP server, through which a user can easily send
  emails from their Gmail address or domain using
  any other email client such as yahoo or outlook.
  But to take advantage of this feature, you must
  first have a free Gmail account. In addition to
  that, you can also send emails to anyone directly
  from your WordPress site for free.

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What is a Gmail SMTP Server?

• Before defining the Gmail SMTP server, first, you
  must understand what SMTP means.
• SMTP or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an email
  protocol that is used by mail servers to send
  emails on the web. Where Email protocols are
  termed as a set of instructions or rules that
  help to execute the email transmissions between
  email clients and accounts efficiently.
• This email protocol is generally used to manage
  and send emails through an SMTP server.

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What are the SMTP Server Settings for Gmail?

• To use the Gmail SMTP server properly, there is a
  list of details you need to consider. The Gmail
  SMTP settings must be as given below
• Gmail SMTP server address (outgoing)
  smtp.gmail.com
• Gmail SMTP name Your name
• Username Your Gmail Address
• Password Your Gmail Password
• Gmail SMTP server ports 587(TLS) and 465(SSL)
• Use Authentication Yes
• Use secured connection Yes

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What Are the Advantages of Using Gmail SMTP for
Sending Emails?

• Although, there are plenty of players available
  out there, that provide Free SMTP services for
  sending emails or messages. But the following are
  some of the advantages of Gmail SMTP that give it
  a little edge over others. Let us see what they
  are.

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Easy to Manage Emails from Other Platforms

• You can manage and send emails or messages
  through other web applications or platforms such
  as outlook or mac mail with your Gmail account.
  But for that, you have to manually configure
  their settings and use Gmail SMTP details, which
  we will discuss in a later section of this post.

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A Significant Amount of Storage Space

• Whenever you sign up for a free account in Gmail,
  google allocates you up to 15GB of storage space.
  Which is quite a significant amount of storage
  space to store your emails. But one thing you
  must not forget is that this storage space is
  being shared with your other google applications
  such as Google Photos, Google docs, and Google
  drive.