Connect Gmail (personal)

Use an app password so Google lets SAIDR send through your @gmail.com inbox.

Recommended: Use OAuth instead. Go to Settings → Integrations and click Connect — no app password needed. Keep reading for the SMTP fallback.

You must have 2-Step Verification enabled on your Google account before Google will show the app-password page. Turn it on at myaccount.google.com/security if it's off.

1 · Generate the app password

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Go to myaccount.google.com/apppasswords. If the page says “app passwords aren't available,” turn on 2-Step Verification first.
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In App name, type SAIDR and click Create.
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Google shows a 16-character password with spaces (like abcd efgh ijkl mnop). Copy the whole thing including the spaces — Google strips them on their end.

2 · Paste into SAIDR

In the onboarding wizard (or Settings → Sending Email if you're already past onboarding):

SMTP host: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP port: 587
Use TLS: on
Username: your full email, e.g. you@gmail.com
Password: the 16-character app password from step 1
From email: same as the username, unless you send as an alias

Click Test connection in the wizard. You should see a green check within a couple of seconds. If it fails, you almost certainly pasted your regular Google password — go back to step 1.

3 · Make sure mail lands in the inbox, not spam

Personal Gmail is fine for 5-10 sends/day to warm contacts, but it ages into spam quickly at higher volume. For outbound at scale, use Google Workspace with a warmed domain, and add SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records. We cover that in Troubleshooting > Deliverability.

Revoking access later

Back at myaccount.google.com/apppasswords, click the trash icon next to SAIDR. SMTP stops working instantly; your Google login is unaffected.