Setting up Groupmail with SMTP2GO

Welcome! This guide will walk you through connecting your Groupmail account with SMTP2GO, a reliable email delivery service that ensures your newsletters reach your subscribers' inboxes.

Special Offer: SMTP2GO provides all Groupmail customers with 10,000 free emails per month. If your email needs grow beyond this allowance, SMTP2GO offers additional packages at competitive rates.

This is a one-time technical setup. If you're not comfortable with these steps, we recommend reaching out to your IT team for assistance.

Step 1: Create Your SMTP2GO Account

Let's start by setting up your free SMTP2GO account through Groupmail.

Access the Channels page

Click on your profile icon in the top right corner of your Groupmail dashboard and select Channels from the dropdown menu.

Add a new channel

Click the Add Channel button to open the channel setup screen.

Sign up for SMTP2GO

On the Add Channel screen, locate the SMTP2GO option and click the Sign-up button. This will take you to the SMTP2GO registration page where you can claim your free 10,000 emails per month.

Fill in your name, email address, and password to complete the registration. SMTP2GO will send you a verification email to confirm your account.

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Before You Start

• Important Note: SMTP2GO offers all Groupmail customers a free monthly allowance of 10,000 emails per month. Please follow the instructions below to take advantage of this offer.
• If your email needs exceed the monthly allowance, fear not! SMTP2GO offers a range of additional packages at competitive rates to suit your requirements. Don't hesitate to sign up and take advantage of these offers!
• This process might be somewhat technical, but it's a one-time setup. We suggest reaching out to your IT team for assistance.

Step 1. Sign up for your SMTP2Go account

Creating your SMTP2Go account is simple and quick.

1. Click on your profile in the top right menu and choose "Integrations".

2. Next click on the "+ New Integration" button. This will open the "Add Integration' screen.

3. Click the "Sign-up" button which will open the SMTP2Go page to avail of the free monthly allowance of 10,000 emails. Fill in your name, email address and password to complete the sign-up. You will then receive an email to verify your account.

Step 2. SMTP2Go Account Setup with Groupmail.

Once you've completed the signup process and logged in to your SMTP2Go account dashboard, you'll be greeted by the initial setup steps to complete before sending which include:

1. Add your Verified Senders
2. Create an API Key
3. Add your Groupmail Webhook URL to SMTP2Go

Note: SMTP2Go provide a comprehensive guide on their set-up at : Getting Started with SMTP2Go

1. Add your Verified Senders

Verifying your sender identity is essential for authorisation to send emails through your SMTP2Go account.

You have two verification options:

1. Either verify your domain(s) as Sender domains (which is highly recommended for achieving the best email deliverability rates, as it ensures SPF and DKIM alignment with your domain). This differs for each email provider. Contact your email provider or IT team to ensure this is correctly set-up.

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2. Verify individual email addresses as Single sender emails under the 'Sending > Verified Senders' section.

For more information, please consult the SMTP2Go Verified Senders guide.

Important to note: You must use a professional email address or one associated with your own domain (addresses from services like Gmail.com, Outlook.com, Yahoo.com, etc., are not permitted).

Once you have created your Verified Sender domain or email address you can add to the "From Email" field within Groupmail.

2. Create an API Key

An API Key is required when utilising Groupmail's Integration. This will be used to route your email from Groupmail to SMTP2Go and on to your customers.

You manage API Keys from your account dashboard's "Sending > API Keys" page:

To create an API Key, click the "Add API Key" button, set your desired permissions and settings, then click the "Save" button. The API Key is not editable/customisable.

For API Keys, you can set an optional description, rate limit, and further settings.

Important: Switch On "Open Tracking" and "Click Tracking" in the "Tracking & Status" tab. This will display your newsletter stats within Groupmail.

Once created, add your API Key to the SMTP2Go API section within Groupmail.

Finally, add a Name to the Integration and a "ReplyTo Email" if required and click Save. You can also Test the integration by clicking the "Test" button in the top menu.

3. Add your Groupmail Webhook URL to SMTP2Go

The last step within SMTP2Go is to add your Groupmail Webhook URL. This will send all the "Event" data back to Groupmail for processing. Data such as Sent, Delivered, Opened, Clicked, Bounced etc. Groupmail will display all data within your campaign and automatically remove bounced email addresses etc.

1. Open the Groupmail Integration page and copy the "Webhook Url" at the bottom of the screen.

2. Then open SMTP2Go once more and click on "Setttings/Webhooks" from the left menu in SMTP2Go.
3. Click on the "Add Webhook" button and paste your webhook into the URL field.

4. In the "Users" choose the API key you created above. Choose all the events you wish to see within Groupmail. We recommend you choose them all.
5. Ensure "Output type" is "Form Encoded".

Important: You also need to add the following Customer Headers: “X-GMCM” and “X-GMCC” in the "Headers" field. See the image above.

Finally, click "Save changes" to save your settings (or "Test this webhook" to check all is correct).

You are now set to send email from this new account within Groupmail.

Next Steps

Create your first group
Learn how to create and organise your group.

Import your contacts
Import contacts to a Groupmail group.

Create your first campaign
Create your first email newsletter campaign with Groupmail.

Need help?

If you have any questions or need any help to get started, please reach out to us at hello@groupmail.io.