Please note:  GMail has a quota on the number of emails you can send in a 24 hour period.  At the time of this post, the quota was 250 emails per day.  This will present a problem if you have more than 250 students, and you want to contact all students via email.

Configure GMail Account

1. Log onto your GMail account
2. Click on the Gear box in the upper right corner and select "Settings":
   
3. Click on the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab in settings.
4. Click on the setting "Enable Pop for all Mail", and the setting "Enable IMAP":
   
5. Click on "Save Changes" in your Gmail Configuration:  
   

Configure Studioware

1. Click on "Administration" in the top header:  
   
2. Click on "Manage" in the "Email Provider" settings:  
   
3. Click on "Add Email Provider" and enter in the following information for your GMail account:
    

   Display Name	Enter in the name you would like displayed on the emails.  Typically, this will be your business name.
   Email Address	Enter in your GMail email address, for example:  business@Gmail.com
   Email Server	Enter the value: smtp.gmail.com
   Email Server Port	Enter the value: 587.
   Use SSL	Set this value to "true" by selecting the check box.
   Active	Set this value to "true" by selecting the check box
   Email Username	Re-enter your GMail email address for your username
   Email Password	Enter your GMail password

    

   Please note: If you are having problems connecting to GMail from Studioware, please try port 465. Additionally, you should try ports 587 and 465 with SSL enabled, and without SSL Enabled to find the right combination for your Gmail account.

4. Click on the Save button to save your Gmail settings.

Testing your GMail Setting

1. Place a check mark next to the accounts you would like to test:  

   Please note: You can configure Studioware to utilize more than one email account.  Studioware will automatically try and send the email from the first account.  If the send is unsuccessful, Studioware will try from the second email account, and so on...  If the email fails to send from all configured email accounts, Studioware will re-try after 8 hours.

2. Click on the "Send Test Email" in the toolbar.  Enter in the recipient email address, and the message body.  Click on the "Send Email" button:  
   
3. Studioware will display the success/failure message indicating if the email was sent for each of the selected email accounts:  
   

Additional Information:

1. Log on to your Gmail account
2. Click on this link after you are logged onto Gmail: http://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
3. Click on the "Turn On" option:
   
4. Gmail will send you an email notification that you changed your security setting: 
   
5. Return to Studioware and re-test your email settings.

Reference Articles:

• https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255
• https://www.wpsitecare.com/gmail-smtp-settings/