One of the outstanding and cool capabilities of Odoo is that we are able to send mail within Odoo itself. We can send various sorts of mail to customers and companies within Odoo. We need not log in to Gmail to do that. We need to have a proper configuration of email in Odoo.
Configuration of the outgoing mail server
First of all, we shall log in to Odoo as admin since only the admin has access rights to settings and configuration.
Now we shall go to Settings -> Technical -> Email -> Outgoing mail server -> Create
Then we will get a new form to configure email.
* SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
* Connection security: SSL/TLS
* Username: Give the mail account
* Password: Give the password
* Priority: Higher priority for a lower number
* SMTP port: SMTP server port
After filling in all the necessary fields, we shall click on “Test connection”. If the test is successful we will get a message.
Configuration of the incoming mail server
Here we shall go to Settings -> Technical -> Email -> incoming mail server -> Create
Now a new form will appear
* Name: Here we shall give a name
* Server type: Here we can select either POP, IMAP or Local server. Among these, POP is used widely.
* Server name: Name of the server
* Port: Server port
* SSL/TLS: Encryption of message
* Username: Give the email account
* Password: Give the password
Save it. If needed we can test it and then we can confirm.
So this is all about Email configuration in Odoo 13.