# Send Email

Use the email connector to send emails in from your flow app.

## Managing Connector : Add, Edit, or Delete

Follow the [steps in the link](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-connect/working-with-connect/connect-to-systems/managing-connector) as a guideline for connector actions: Add, Edit, and Delete.

## Configuration values

| Configuration               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **SMTP Server**             | SMTP server address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Port Number**             | SMTP server port number                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **From Address**            | From mail address for the emails sent from this connector. This value can be overridden in in the runtime by providing a different from address in the machine step                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Security Type**           | <p>Security type defines how the connection to the SMTP server is encrypted. </p><ul><li><strong>None</strong> - No encryption</li><li><strong>SSL</strong> (Secure Socket Layer) - Uses SSL as the encryption protocol</li><li><strong>TLS</strong> (Transport Layer Security) - Uses TLS as the encryption protocol</li></ul><p>It is recommend to use TLS as the encryption protocol</p> |
| **Use Authentication**      | Set it to true if you want to enable authentication when connecting to SMTP server                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Authentication User ID**  | User ID to authenticate against the SMTP server                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Authentication Password** | Password for the authenticating User ID                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |


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