Email Configuration in Odoo

How to set up/configure the Email server in Odoo?

Users can set up email servers to receive or send emails from Odoo. This setting is global, doctor so all the users will share this setting.

Configure the Outgoing Mail Server

To send Emails, Go to Settings –> Email –> Outgoing Mail Servers. Fill in all the mandatory fields and configure the outgoing mail server.

After saving the record Click on “Test Connection” to test that everything is set up properly. If the username and password are valid application will display the pop-up message saying that “Connection Test Succeeded”.

Configure Incoming Mail Server

To set up Incoming Mail Servers, Go to Settings–> Email–> Incoming Mail Servers. Fill in all the mandatory fields and configure the Incoming mail server.

Click on the “Test & Confirm” button to test that everything is set up properly. The record is saved and is now in the “Confirmed” state.

After configuring the Outgoing and Incoming mail servers. Mails can be sent from OpenERP and also can be received in OpenERP. The system can be customized to send or receive mails for any action.