Hi, Because of a new company policy need to switch our site email configurations from SMTP to oAuth. However, I can’t find that option in the admin panel. Any help? Thanks

SMTP sends emails (daily digests, password reset), while OAuth authenticates (and logs in) users. I don’t think they are substitutes for each other, unless I’m understanding wrong…

Per via di questo: Deprecation of Basic authentication in Exchange Online | Microsoft Learn

If I understand correctly, I think a similar question has been asked a few years back, and this was the response: [image] Basic Auth Disabled in Office 365 Self-hosting Looks like there’s no need to switch to OAuth2. SMTP AUTH will still be available when Bas…

Grazie per la referenza alla discussione precedente. Tuttavia da parte del nostro IT mi dicono: This response seems to be misleading. SMTP Auth is a parent category that includes both basic and modern auth (OAuth2). By the description of the configuration, you are still configuring basic username …

Hey @NateDhaliwal , hai qualche suggerimento su come poter procedere? Grazie

You’ll need to make a plugin or use a mail delivery service that uses smtp auth.

Chi potrebbe aiutare nella creazione del plugin? Oppure conosci qualche servizio che utilizza l’autenticazione SMTP? Grazie

[image] Pierpinna: Who could help with the creation of the plugin? You can post a topic on Marketplace , and hopefully hire a developer, for a fee.

We switched to https://auth-email.com – it connects to the OAuth email service for you, so you can just use normal SMTP.

Switching from SMTP to oAuth

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) May 27, 2025, 8:33pm 10

Virtually all mail services use SMTP authentication. All of those mentioned in Configure VERP to handle bouncing e-mails, for example.

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Switching from SMTP to oAuth

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