Configuration

Plane offers an interface to configure Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and SSL for encrypted email communication.

Navigate to Email in /god-modeand you will see ↓.

  • Host
    The address of your SMTP server
  • Port
    The port for outgoing emails
  • Username
    Your username for SMTP authentication
  • Password
    Your password for SMTP authentication
  • From address
    The email address you wish to use as the sender of emails.
  • TLS
    Toggle TLS on or off depending on your SMTP server’s support for TLS

Gmail on Google Workspace

  1. Enter smtp.gmail.com in the SMTP host field.
  2. Specify 465 for the SMTP port.
  3. Enter your Google Workspace username, e.g., hello@yourdomain.com, in the SMTP username field.
  4. Enter your Google Workspace password in the SMTP password field.
  5. Enter the email address you wish to use as the sender of system notifications in the From Address field.

Amazon SES

  1. Sign in to https://console.aws.amazon.com/ses.
  2. Navigate to SMTP Settings in the sidebar.
  3. Click Create My SMTP Credentials.
  4. Follow prompts to create a user in the Create User for SMTP dialog box, then click Create.
  5. Select Show User SMTP Credentials to view the user’s SMTP credentials.
  6. Return to your Plane instance’s /god-mode and enter the obtained details.

Ensure to review email quotas for your Amazon SES server. Consider managing email recipients using groups to optimize usage.