Enabling the SMTP protocol in Prestaship

Access the Email Configuration Page

In order to begin with the reconfiguration you will need to go to your Store's admin backend → Advanced Parameters → Email.

This menu item will redirect you to a page where you will be presented with the current configuration for your emails along with the option to test the configuration.

Activate and Configure SMTP

In order to activate the SMTP protocol please change the radio button value to Set my own SMTP parameters. Once you do that, an additional interface will appear bellow the initial Email interface.

Fist we will begin with setting up the SMTP parameters for the protocol to be fully functional. In order to do so you will need to fill the fields in the additionally displayed interface.

• Mail domain name - The domain name your emails will be using. Usually this is the primary domain your store will be hosted at.
• STMP Server - The SMTP server hostname which should be used by the service.
• SMTP User - The username for the SMTP service. Usually this is the actual email account you would like to use for example [email protected] .
• SMTP Password - The password for the above inserted username.
• Encryption - If the connection should be encrypted with the standard encryption protocols.
• Port - The port which the SMTP service will provide your store with email service at.

All of our clients can use the following example configuration in order to configure their SMTP service:

• Mail Domain name : yourdomainname.com
• SMTP Server : mail.yourdomain.com
• SMTP User : [email protected]
• SMTP Password : the password for the already inserted SMTP user
• Encryption : None
• Port: 25

The substitute yourdomain.com should be replaced with your actual domain name and the [email protected] should be also replaced with the actual email account you would like to use created under your cPanel email accounts. More information on how to create email accounts in cPanel is available in our cPanel tutorial series.

Test the Configuration

Last but not least you can test if all of the settings are correct by simply inputting your email in the Send a test email to field from the Test your email configuration interface located at the bottom of the same page.

Congratulations! You have successfully configured the SMTP protocol!