Connect your email using SMTP with MailerSend
MailerSend is one of the easiest to set up. It allow you to verify your domain with a verify button, without adding DNS settings to your domain provider, making it really easy for anyone who doesn't like messing with DNS. Nice and simple.
Speed of setup: 3/5 Slow because of the verification process.
Ease of setup: 5/5 Easy
There is an approval process to send more than 100 emails and to use a paid plan.
MailerSend does not have a maximum usage limit on how many emails are sent via SMTP. You can send as much as your plan allows.
MailerSend's free plan allows up to 3,000 emails per month for free. Extra usage is $1.00 per 1000 emails. MailerSend pricing.
MailerSend's first pricing plan starts with sending up to 50,000 emails per month for $35/m.
Upon signing up, you will be put on the "Trial plan". It's compulsory that you choose the Hobby free plan for this to work.
Click on your name at the top of their dashboard > scroll the bar to the left > select the Hobby plan.
MailerSend allow you to verify your domain name with many domain providers without adding DNS settings, making it really easy for anyone who doesn't like messing with DNS.
On the homepage, click "SMTP relay"
Continue the steps to add your domain name and verify it
MailerSend allows you to easily verify your domain with may popular domain providers:
Once you have verified your domain, click into your domain from the "Domains" page
Scroll down to the "SMTP" section
Click the "Generate new user" button
Once you see the SMTP details, follow to the next step
Go to Fileflare
Go to "Settings"
Go to "Email settings"
Open up the SMTP option
Enter the MailerSend SMTP details into the boxes in Fileflare
Enter the details from Mailtrap to the Fileflare boxes (the details could vary, copy direct from your Mailtrap):
Sender: Enter any email address that is for your domain name (it does not need to exist as an email) - Example - type-anything-here@example.com
Username: The username that MailerSend provides
Password: The password that MailerSend provides
Host server: smtp.mailersend.net
Port: 587
Encryption: TLS
Now, you will receive an email at your store's email address. If you received the email, then it worked. If you didn't, then it didn't work. Please click the verify button in the email to confirm.
If you didn't receive a verification email, ensure that you are on the MailerSend HOBBY free plan, or on a MailerSend paid plan, not the Trial plan. SMTP will not work with the Trial plan. Scroll up to step 2 to learn more.
About MailerSend SMTP
Speed of setup: 3/5 Slow because of the verification process.
Ease of setup: 5/5 Easy
There is an approval process to send more than 100 emails and to use a paid plan.
MailerSend does not have a maximum usage limit on how many emails are sent via SMTP. You can send as much as your plan allows.
MailerSend's free plan allows up to 3,000 emails per month for free. Extra usage is $1.00 per 1000 emails. MailerSend pricing.
MailerSend's first pricing plan starts with sending up to 50,000 emails per month for $35/m.
How to get set up MailerSend SMTP
1. Sign up to MailerSend if you haven't yet
2. You MUST choose the Hobby free plan
Upon signing up, you will be put on the "Trial plan". It's compulsory that you choose the Hobby free plan for this to work.
Click on your name at the top of their dashboard > scroll the bar to the left > select the Hobby plan.
3. Connect your domain name
MailerSend allow you to verify your domain name with many domain providers without adding DNS settings, making it really easy for anyone who doesn't like messing with DNS.
On the homepage, click "SMTP relay"
Continue the steps to add your domain name and verify it
MailerSend allows you to easily verify your domain with may popular domain providers:
4. Get the SMTP details
Once you have verified your domain, click into your domain from the "Domains" page
Scroll down to the "SMTP" section
Click the "Generate new user" button
Once you see the SMTP details, follow to the next step
5. Add SMTP details to Fileflare
Go to Fileflare
Go to "Settings"
Go to "Email settings"
Open up the SMTP option
Enter the MailerSend SMTP details into the boxes in Fileflare
Enter the details from Mailtrap to the Fileflare boxes (the details could vary, copy direct from your Mailtrap):
Sender: Enter any email address that is for your domain name (it does not need to exist as an email) - Example - type-anything-here@example.com
Username: The username that MailerSend provides
Password: The password that MailerSend provides
Host server: smtp.mailersend.net
Port: 587
Encryption: TLS
Now, you will receive an email at your store's email address. If you received the email, then it worked. If you didn't, then it didn't work. Please click the verify button in the email to confirm.
If you didn't receive a verification email, ensure that you are on the MailerSend HOBBY free plan, or on a MailerSend paid plan, not the Trial plan. SMTP will not work with the Trial plan. Scroll up to step 2 to learn more.
Updated on: 21/01/2025
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