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How to Configure Gmail SMTP for HBCommerce WEB STORE Cloud Hosting

First of all, you need to get your Gmail SMTP credentials to be used while integrating Gmail SMTP with your HBCommerce WEBSTORE in our CLOUD HOST Server.

Important

Please be advised that you need a Gmail account or paid Google Apps Account to integrate SMTP. If you do not have an account and you are choosing to use Gmail as your email gateway provider, then you may create an account first before proceeding with this guide.

Step #1 — Accessing Google Account

Log in to your Google account with your login credentials. First, enter your email address and click Next.

2. Now, input your login password and click Next.

Step #2 — Enabling 2-Step Verification

Now, you need to make sure that your Google account is well protected to avoid any intervention when using the SMTP service; therefore, we recommend enabling the 2-step verification offered by Google. If you have already enabled the 2-step verification, then you may jump to Step# 3.

Important

You may get an invalid password error in further steps when validating your email if you do not enable the 2-step verification.

How to Enable 2-Step Verification

Log in to your Google account with your login credentials.

Select Security from the left navigation bar.

3. Now, click the 2-Step Verification option from the given choices and complete the further setup.

Step #3 — Generating App Password

Now, you need to generate an App Password, which will be used for the SMTP integration, so Click Here to visit the Google App Passwords page to generate an App Password.

2. Then, select the app from the drop-down choice and choose Other (Custom name).

3. Give any name of your choice to your App password and hit Generate. In this example, we are naming this app password as Business email.

4. Once the app password is generated, you need to save it for later.

FINAL STEP: EMAIL TO HBINFO@HBJAMAICA.COM the following:

Your Gmail account’s email (e.g., myemail@gmail.com)

Your App password.