Registering your Application in the External Mail Server

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Using Gmail as your Mail Server

Before you configure your mailbox settings on AgileApps Client, perform the following steps to register your application in the Google Mail Server.

Registering your Application in the Google Mail Server

You must register your application in the Google Mail Server as an OAuth Client. You must create a project prior to performing the application registration process.

  1. Go to the Google Developer Console, select the email address you have registered for the external Mailbox, and enter the password.

    Google Cloud Console Dashboard.png

  2. Under the Project drop-down, click New Project.
  3. On the New Project window, enter the project name in the Project name textbox.

    Project Creation Google Cloud Console.png

  4. Click CREATE.
  5. Under the APIs and services page, go to the OAuth consent screen and select the External option and click OK.
  6. On the Edit app registration page, enter the following details and click Save.
    • App Information
      • App name: Enter the application name you want to register.
      • User support email: Enter the email address you have registered as the external mailbox.
      • App logo: Upload an image, not larger than 1 MB on the consent screen that will help users recognize your application. Allowed image formats are JPG, PNG, and BMP. Logos should be square and 120px by 120px for the best results.

        Edit app registration page Google Cloud Console.png

    • Developer contact information
      • Email addresses: Enter the same email address as provided in the App Information section. Click SAVE AND CONTINUE.
    • Gmail scopes: Click ADD OR REMOVE SCOPES on the top of the page to add scopes. Enter https://mail.google.com/ in the Manually add scopes textbox and click ADD TO TABLE. Select the checkbox for the scope that you added recently. Click UPDATE. Click SAVE AND CONTINUE.
    • Test users: Click + ADD USERS to add the test user. You can enter the same email ID you provided earlier as a test user. Click SAVE AND CONTINUE.
  7. Under the APIs and services page, go to the Credentials page and click + CREATE CREDENTIALS. Select OAuth client ID to create an OAuth client ID. Enter the following details and click SAVE.
  8. Once you complete step 7; you will see the Client ID and Client Secret being generated and displayed on the right side of the Client ID for Web application page.
    Note: You must copy the Client ID and Client Secret and paste them into respective fields on the AgileApps Client Mailbox > OAuth Configuration page settings.