--- title: "Email Connection" slug: "email-connection" updated: 2024-10-04T16:47:03Z published: 2024-10-04T16:47:03Z canonical: "help.csgi.com/email-connection" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.csgi.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Email Connection The email connection is used to send emails over any SMTP connection. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c578bb14-e570-4b6e-93ed-f6c5b8a2d8a1/Images/Documentation/2024-10-04_22-16-10.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-26T13%3A25%3A45Z&se=2026-10-26T14%3A25%3A45Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=bDisNUk0nBJxYVHRy1tQrrQO3KA6gObx3yev8M2%2FHrY%3D) - **Type**: the type of email connection - SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - **Host**: the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the email server - **Port**: the port on which the email server is listening for connections - The default port is 25 - For SSL connections, the default port is 465 - **User Name**: the name of the user to connect to the email server - **Password**: the password for the user to connect to the email server The Xponent email adaptor is known to work with the following transactional email systems: - [Amazon Simple Email Service](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/) (SES) - [GMail SMTP Server](https://support.google.com/a/answer/176600?hl=en) - [Mailgun](http://www.mailgun.com/) - Has webhooks that can be used with the [Xponent API](/v1/docs/xponent-graph-api) - [Mandrill](https://mandrillapp.com/api/docs/)(now part of Mailchimp) - Use Port 465 rather than the documented and suggested port 587 - Also, ensure that you're From: field is set to a full name and email of the form 'FirstName LastName .' - Has webhooks that can be used with the [Xponent API](/v1/docs/xponent-graph-api) - [Sendgrid](https://sendgrid.com/) - Has webhooks that can be used with the [Xponent API](/v1/docs/xponent-graph-api) --- ### Related Pages - [Email Write Adaptor](/v1/docs/email-write-adaptor)