> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wowweb.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Email and SMTP

> Email notifications for new site leads via your SMTP: Yandex Mail, Gmail, Mail.ru.

Get notifications about new site leads delivered to your email. The connection uses the SMTP server of your mail provider.

## System emails

Platform emails (admin password recovery, service notifications) are sent by our SMTP. No setup needed.

## SMTP for lead notifications

The connection form has five fields:

* **Host**, your provider's SMTP server.
* **Port**, usually `465` (SSL).
* **Username**, the mailbox login.
* **Password**, an app password (not your main mailbox password).
* **To Address**, the address where lead notifications will be delivered.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Yandex Mail">
    Recommended for Russia, free.

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Create an app password">
        Go to [id.yandex.ru](https://id.yandex.ru), "Security", "App passwords", "Create new password", pick "Mail". Yandex issues a 16-character app password, that is the value for the **Password** field. Your regular mailbox password will not work.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Enable IMAP in mail">
        In [mail.yandex.ru](https://mail.yandex.ru), "All settings", "Mail clients", enable "From imap.yandex.ru server via IMAP".
      </Step>

      <Step title="Enter parameters">
        * Host: `smtp.yandex.ru`
        * Port: `465`
        * Username: `your_login@yandex.ru` (or `@yandex.by`, `@yandex.kz`)
        * Password: 16-character app password from step 1
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Gmail">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Enable two-step verification">
        Go to [myaccount.google.com](https://myaccount.google.com), "Security", turn on two-step verification (required).
      </Step>

      <Step title="Create an app password">
        Same page, "App passwords", create a password for "Mail", get a 16-character code.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Enter parameters">
        * Host: `smtp.gmail.com`
        * Port: `465`
        * Username: `you@gmail.com`
        * Password: app password from step 2
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Mail.ru">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Create an external app password">
        In [e.mail.ru](https://e.mail.ru), "Settings", "Passwords for external apps", "Add".
      </Step>

      <Step title="Enter parameters">
        * Host: `smtp.mail.ru`
        * Port: `465`
        * Username: your `@mail.ru` address
        * Password: external app password from step 1
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

<Warning>
  Paste the app password, not your main mailbox password, otherwise the provider will block sending.
</Warning>

## What's next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Custom domain" icon="globe-pointer" href="/en/publishing/custom-domain">
    Connect domain before email setup.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Secret keys" icon="key" href="/en/management/secrets">
    How to safely store SMTP password.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>