By default, Referral Factory takes care of your email delivery. However, you can send mail through any other SMTP server if you’d rather use your own service.
📌 The following are general instructions for setting up your email server. If you use one of the following email clients, one of these guides might be more relevant:
👉 How To Set Up Your Email Server with GOOGLE WORKSPACE/ GMAIL
Pros of Using Your Own Email Server
- You’re in full control of your email deliverability.
- You can send as many emails as you want: emails sent through your custom SMTP server don’t count against your email rate limits.
- If your email server has additional encryption you will be able to use their encryption to further secure your own emails
Cons of Using Your Own Email Server
- Referral Factory will not be able to track your email performance as part of your referral program analytics.
- This feature is recommended for customers with dedicated email servers. If your company uses Google Workspace as an email server, for example, you might face SMTP rate limits.
Step 1: Set Your Outbound Email Address
→ Navigate to Settings and click the tab Emails And Domains.
→ Scroll down to Outbound Email Address and set the email address.
❗️ Your outbound email address must match the email address that you add as your mail server (typically, this is the “username” in your SMTP credentials).
Step 2: Enter Your SMTP Credentials
→ Scroll down to Own Email Server and click Manage Email.
→ Enter your SMTP host address, port number, username and password. Optionally, add encryption details.
→ Click Save.
Step 3: Test Your Emails
→ Navigate to the Campaigns tab and click Edit Campaign to enter the campaign builder.
→ From the Email Notifications step, click Send Test Email.
→ Check the email account to which your Referral Factory account is registered for the test email.
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