How to set up a chat inbox for the Gmail account?

Steps to create a chat inbox for the Gmail account

Open the ‘Inboxes’ section

Please, navigate to the ‘Chat’ on the left-side menu. Once the page is open, please click on the ‘Inboxes’ on the top menu bar.

Click on the ‘Add Inbox’ button

Choose the inbox type

Please, choose the ‘Email’ option

Configure the inbox

Please, set a channel name, and the email address

Please, click on the ‘Create Email Channel’ button.

Select a system user as an agent

and click on the ‘Add Agent’ button

Please, click on the ‘More Settings’ button

Enable the ‘SMTP’ feature

Please, click on the ‘Settings’ tab and enable the ‘SMTP’ configuration

Configure the Gmail SMPT

Please, use the flowing details

Address: smtp.gmail.com

Post: 465

Email: Your email address

Password: Your email password

Domain:gmail.com

Encryption: SSL

After configuration, please click on the ‘Update SMTP Settings’ button

💡 If you use 2-step verification on your Google account and your mail client doesn’t support verification codes, you’ll have to enable App Passwords

Steps to set up APP Password

Go to your Google Account and choose Security on the left panel.

On the Signing in to Google tab, select App Passwords.

If you don’t see this option, it might mean that:

1. Two-step verification is not set up for your Google account.

2. Two-step verification is set up for security keys only.

3. Your account is used through work, school, or another organization.

4. You’ve turned on Advanced Protection for your account.

Click on Select app and pick the app you’re using.

Click Select device and choose the device you’re using.

Click on Generate.

Follow the instructions to enter the App Password.

The App Password is the 16-character code in the yellow bar on your device.

Click on Done.

💡 You won’t have to remember your App Password since you’ll probably use it just once to connect your account to the app.

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