Outgoing Email

This page is about the menu  (SETTINGS) ACCOUNT > OUTGOING EMAIL and explains

How to send Emails to guests from your own Email address instead of a MASTERINSOFT Email address.

1. General

Sending Account: Choose whether to use the system email server or your own email address to send email.

If you choose your own email address the guest will receive an email confirmation from your email address and you will see sent mails in your outgoing mail folder. You can use your own email service via SMTP or Mailgun, It is also possible to use both, first we will try your SMTP server and if this fails we will try Mailgun. If both fail, the mail will be sent by the system email server.

If you have entered a property Email address in  (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > DESCRIPTION replies from guests to confirmation messages will be sent in cc to the property EMail address. If you do not want this do not enter a property Email address.

If you do not use your own email, the guest will receive a booking notification from the system Email address.

The following settings are required if you use your own email address:

Email Address: This is the email address which will send email notifications.

Mail Server: This is the email server which will send your email. For example the gmail server is smtp.gmail.com.

User Name: This is the user name for your email server. This is often your email address.

Password: This is the password for your email server.

Use Encryption: This is the email server encryption setting. For example the gmail server requires SSL.

Port Number: This is the email server SMTP port. This is normally 25 but can be different. For example the gmail server uses 465.

2. Standard Email Providers

2.1 Gmail / Googlemail

You need to create and use an Application Password for the Gmail account because if you try to use your normal Gmail password Google might block the emails from sending and treat them as spam. Google explains how to do this here.

Mail Server: smtp.gmail.com

Encryption: SSL

Port: 465

You also need to allow less secure apps. How you set this up depends on your Google Account.

If you have a Gmail (Googlemail) Standard Account:

Google accounts which have a menu ‘MY ACCOUNT > CONNECTED APPS & SITES may need to set ‘Allow less secure apps’ = ON

If you have a Gmail (Googlemail) G-Suite Account (pro version):

You may need the following settings in Googel to allow Email sending via Gmail:

  • Open your Google Admin console (admin.google.com).
  • Click SECURITY > BASIC SETTINGS
  • Under ‘Less secure apps’, select ‘Go to settings for less secure apps’.
  • In the subwindow, select the Enforce access to less secure apps for all users’ radio button.
  • Click SAVE.

2.2 Microsoft Live (Hotmail)

Microsoft live has issues with external systems like MASTERINSOFT sending email and can block mails, we cannot recommend this system, use at your own risk.

Mail Server: smtp.live.com OR smtp-mail.outlook.com (Check the details from your email service)

Encryption: No

Port: 587

Set up

The system can use your own Email address

If you see an error message please check

  • are all entries correct
  • some systems require authentication. Please see “Trouble Shooting” (below)

Sub accounts can be used to use different outgoing Email addresses for multiple properties in one account.

3 Mailgun

Mailgun is a mail sending service.

You will need an account at mailgun and can get the Key and Domain values from your mailgun account.

4 SPF Record

Adding the following SPF record to your sending domain may help delivery of your emails and prevent them being treated as spam. Please refer to your domain register for help adding an SPF record to your domain.

v=spf1 include:mail.MASTERINSOFT.com ~all

5 Trouble Shooting

Hotmail and other providers might  ask for authentication. Log into your Email account, check your notifications

or settings and follow the instructions given by your Email provider. If you cannot find them ask your provider

what you need to do to let third parties like MASTERINSOFT send Emails through your SMTP server.

Emails are not sending

  1. Check if you outgoing E-mail is working by clicking on “Send Test Email”.
  2. Check your “Descriptive Sending Email Address”, it cannot be a word only. The pop up help for the setting has examples of valid formats.

If E-mail are sending but guests do not receive your E-mails you can use a tool like https://www.mail-tester.com/ to check what the problem might be.