# Send Email setup

**URL:** <https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/send-email-setup/6529>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [9 February 2018 15:14 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/send-email-setup/6529 "2018-02-09T15:14:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![colmobri](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@colmobri](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/u/colmobri)\
**Post date:** [9 February 2018 15:14 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/send-email-setup/6529/1 "2018-02-09T15:14:31Z")

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Hi,

Apologies if I’ve missed the blindiingly obvious. I’d sometimes like to use Send Email when processing an input but I can’t find the documentation on how/where to set my email username and password in order for this to work. I presume there’s a file to be modified but which one?

Is there documentation for this?

Thanks a lot,  
Colm

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**Author:** ![CelsoHenriques](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/user_avatar/community.openenergymonitor.org/celsohenriques/32/9586_2.png) [@CelsoHenriques](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/u/CelsoHenriques)\
**Post date:** [9 February 2018 16:23 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/send-email-setup/6529/2 "2018-02-09T16:23:07Z")

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Hi,  
I have found this:

> [@Emoncms.org Email Reports](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/emoncms-org-email-reports/4519):
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> A quick post to introduce a new module on [emoncms.org](http://emoncms.org) which can be used to setup a weekly email report of home consumption and solar generation if you are monitoring solar. The module can be found under the Extras tab top-right: In the configuration interface you can enter an email title so that you can differentiate between report emails from different [emoncms.org](http://emoncms.org) accounts such as a home energy monitor account and a office energy monitor account. Up to 5 email addresses can be ente…

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**Author:** ![pb66](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/user_avatar/community.openenergymonitor.org/pb66/32/27_2.png) [@pb66](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/u/pb66)\
**Post date:** [9 February 2018 16:41 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/send-email-setup/6529/3 "2018-02-09T16:41:36Z")

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Hi Colm

The outgoing email server account settings are set in emoncms/settings.php, if using a gmail account you will also need to allow low security access at your gmail account settings.

The recipients email address is the account user’s details (for the first user at least)

> [@CelsoHenriques](#):
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> I have found this:

Thanks Celso, however that is for outgoing emailreports which is slightly different, it does however use the same outgoing email server details when installed locally (but not when it’s [emoncms.org](http://emoncms.org)) and the recipient email addresses (up to 5) are held in the emailreport module settings, so not shared with the input processing.

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**Author:** ![colmobri](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@colmobri](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/u/colmobri)\
**Post date:** [5 April 2018 11:33 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/send-email-setup/6529/4 "2018-04-05T11:33:30Z")

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Thanks very much Paul. I figured that’s probably where it was but it’s good have confirmation. Thanks for the tip re. the gmail security.