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title: How to set up email in Insight
description: "### **Where to set up email** 1. Click **Setup** (May be under **More**) 2. Click **System Setup.** 3. Click the **Email/SMS Setup tab**. ### **Where to set your email server settings** Click on the **Server Setup** option on the left…"
url: "https://salon-software.com/kb/how-to-set-up-email-in-insight/"
updated: "2023-08-04"
category: Emailing and Texting
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# How to set up email in Insight

### **Where to set up email**

1. Click **Setup** (May be under **More**)
2. Click **System Setup.**
3. Click the **Email/SMS Setup tab**.

### **Where to set your email server settings**

Click on the **Server Setup** option on the left side of the screen

**![](https://cdn.filestackcontent.com/TdLzdHdPRdyZoYMNo5jD)**

**Note:**Scroll to the bottom of this article to find some of the common server settings.

### **Where to set you email account logins**

- **There are 2 sections for email accounts, Confirmations and Marketing.**
  - **Confirmations -** This is where you enter the email account you want to send appointment confirmations from.
  - **Marketing -**This is the account you want to send marketing and everything else from (receipts, pay stubs, etc.)

**![](https://cdn.filestackcontent.com/FQEfokp9S2W7WHKfd1IJ)**

Important:

These accounts have to be from the same email provider.

### **Common Server Settings**

**Note:** If we don't have your server settings here, you would need to get them from your email provider.

| Provider | Settings |
| --- | --- |
| **Gmail** | **Incoming Server:** pop.gmail.com **Outgoing Server:** smtp.gmail.com **Enable** My outgoing mail server requires authentication **Enable** My Mail Server Requires SSL **Incoming Port:** 995 **Outgoing Port:** 587 **Email Address:**  Your full email address **Email Account Login:** Your full email address **Password:** Your email password **Issues logging in?****Make sure POP is turned on in your Gmail account [https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7104828?hl=en](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7104828?hl=en)** Or **Try creating an app password in Gmail to use instead of your normal password [https://salon-software.com/kb/gmail-app-password-setup/](https://salon-software.com/kb/gmail-app-password-setup/)** |
| **Hotmail****or Outlook** | **Incoming Server: **pop-mail.outlook.com **Outgoing Server:** smtp-mail.outlook.com **Enable** My Mail Server Requires Authenication **Enable** My Mail Server Requires SSl **Incoming Port:** 995 **Outgoing Port:** 587 **Email Address:**  Your full email address **Email Account Login:** Your full email address **Password:** Your email password |
| **Yahoo** | **Incoming Server: **pop.mail.yahoo.com **Outgoing Server: **smtp.mail.yahoo.com **Enable** My outgoing mail server requires authentication **Enable** My Mail Server Requires SSL **Incoming Port:** 995 **Outgoing Port:** 587 **Email Address:**  Your full email address **Email Account Login:** Your full email address **Password:** Your email password **Too many bad authentication attempts error** - Log into Yahoo on an Internet browser - Navigate to [https://login.yahoo.com/account/security](https://login.yahoo.com/account/security) - Check **Allow apps that use less secure sign-in** **If that does not work:** - Navigate [https://login.yahoo.com/account/security?scrumb=PKWOpHj.NxU](https://login.yahoo.com/account/security?scrumb=PKWOpHj.NxU) - Go to the bottom > **Generate App Password** > Custom Password > name Insight - Use the new app password in the Insight server setup. |
| **Godaddy** | **Incoming Server: **pop.secureserver.net **Outgoing Server: **smtpout.secureserver.net **Enable** My Mail Server Requires Authenication **Incoming Port:** 110 **Outgoing Port:** 80 or 25 **Email Address:**  Your full email address **Email Account Login:** Your full email address **Password:** Your email password |