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Do you have these questions?

Having trouble lately connecting your Gmail Alias accounts?Why your Gmail alias account is not working anymore? We have answers to all your queries, recently Gmail has updated its policies and has stopped support for all personal free Gmail accounts. This would mean that you need to have a Corporate/Enterprise Gmail account to access this feature. What if you have an enterprise Gmail account and are still not able to connect your alias account with Salesmate, don’t worry there is now a secured way to do it. Gmail has brought in a new way of doing so with the help of - Sign In using App PasswordsAn App password is a 16-digit passcode that gives an app or device permission to access your **Google Account.
  • **If you use 2-Step Verification and are seeing a “**password incorrect”**or “Cannot connect to SMTP Server” error when trying to access your Google Account, an App password may solve the problem.Most of the time, you’ll only have to enter an App password once per app or device, so don’t worry about memorizing it.

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How to generate an App password?

Visit your App password page. You may be asked to sign in to your Google Account. mceclip3.png Select your Gmail account ** Sign **in ** to your account mceclip4.png (App passwords let you sign in to your Google Account from apps on devices that don’t support 2-Step Verification. You’ll only need to enter it once so you don’t need to remember it.) Screenshot_2018-06-01_17.39.38.png Select the app and device you want to generate the app password forApp Should be Other(Custom name) Screenshot_2018-06-01_17.41.30.png Mention the Name of the App for reference Screenshot_2018-06-01_17.43.06.png Click on ** Generate **Copy ** the password generated Screenshot_2018-06-01_18.35.59.png Now that your password is generated, you can use it to sign in inside the Salesmate SMTP Email account settingsOnce the password is generated you should receive a** confirmation **email ** Screenshot_2018-06-01_18.53.56.png Copy the password Go to Salesmate(your Salesmate domain xxxxxxx.salesmate.io)Navigate to the Profile Icon on the top right corner.Click on Go To My Account Head over to ** Email Settings ***mceclip0.png
  • Select* SMTP & Bcc Click on Add Email Account **
mceclip1.png Select ** Custom SMTP mceclip2.png Fill in the required information User Name - your **email addressPassword - the new password generated from the app From Name - Your Name to be displayedFrom Email - The Alias Email Address you want to set*host
  • smtp.gmail.comport -587 Secure -**TLS **mceclip5.png
Once connected it should reflect as shown below and you are good to go mceclip6.png