#Email notifications - SMTP Setup

Inside the settings/email Templates you can add sender name and mail address for quick setup.

Whenever a WP plugin sends mails, you need an SMTP plugin like FluentSMTP to have all the verification to deliver your notification to your audience.

If you are sending a high volume of mails (600+ mails per day) I would even suggest using a sending service like SES from AWS instead of your server's SMTP.
Or when bulk sending mass mails like on live webinars sending "We are live now!" to all participants at once.
Amazon SES do that quickly and in time.

PS: 600+ mails reached quickly: You sent a newsletter and 200 register and get confirmation and reminder 1 hour before the webinar, live now. Then you reach 600+ mails already and the delay of sending and delivery rate would drops drastically via build in server SMTP.

We use FluentSMTP because it is totally free and not leading you into buy something. Be aware of the easy opt-in.
We use it in our shop for sending confirmation mails via servers SMTP. And on webinarignition.com we use it to send mass mails via Amazon SES and it cost less than 1$ per week for the first year and then a bit more expensive. You pay as you go. No monthly cost. 

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an easy way to send email from one server to another. Services like SendGrid, Postmark, Mailgun, and sendinbue, among others, provide an SMTP service that allows you to deliver your email via their servers instead of your own client or server. 

Sending your notification emails in this way increases their deliverability since SMTP servers are especially configured to ensure that your emails reach users’ inbox and don’t end up in their junk mail folders. And you see emails that bounced in your inbox.

Compared to the default WP sending which is directly via PHP and not showing bounced mails in your inbox. 

Better use SMTP and test Spamminess inside the global WebinarIgnition settings.

1. My suggestion for test, first days and fallback sending, within your WP backend, is to set up FluentSMTP with your SMTP server credentials.
   Do a mail address that you can receive bounces (undelivered mails) and responses. We have setup the support ticket mail address as return email.
2. Then start the SES process to send via Amazon AWS (1-2 days due to manual validation by AWS).
   The FluentSMTP SES tutorial is nice and step by step to follow. and easy to follow step by step.
   We will set it up for you on the Unlimited plus plan.
3. Test the Email Spammyness in plugin settings/ "Spammyness of your E-Mail" and follow their instructions to make it 10/10 and best delivery.
4. Great you are done.