Once you connect your database to Metabase, you’ll want to configure an email account to send system notifications to your organization’s users. Metabase uses email to reset passwords, onboard new users, and notify you when something happens.
For Metabase to send messages to your organization’s users, you’ll need to set up an email account to send emails via SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol), which is an email standard that secures emails with SSL security protection.
To start, go to the Admin Panel from the dropdown menu in the top right of Metabase, then from the Settings page, click on Email in the left menu.
You should see this form:
If you use Google Apps:
If you use Amazon SES:
If you use Mandrill:
No matter which email provider you use,
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