immich/docs/docs/guides/smtp-gmail.md

SMTP settings using Gmail

This guide walks you through how to get the information you need to set up your Immich instance to send emails using Gmail's SMTP server.

Create an app password

From your Google account settings

• Add 2-Step Verification to your Google account (Required)
• Create an app password.

At the end of creating your app passwords, a password will be displayed; save it, it will be used for the password field when setting up the SMTP server in Immich.

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Entering the SMTP credential in Immich

Entering your credential in Immich's email notification settings at Administration -> Settings -> Notification Settings

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