Question 1

How to connect a Google Workspace account to MailReach with Less Secure Apps

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Important to know

Less Secure Apps are no longer supported for @gmail.com accounts, they're still supported for Google Workspace but will be phased out at a later date. This date is not announced yet.
For this reason, we recommend to connect your Google Workspace account to MailReach with an App Password.

Step 1 : Turn on Less Secure Apps on the Google account you want to connect to MailReach

Sign in to the Google account you want to warm.
Once signed in, go to https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps
Very important, make sure you're on the right Gmail account by clicking on the avatar on the top right. Otherwise it will turn on Less Secure Apps on the wrong Gmail account.
Turn on Less Secure Apps by clicking on the selector.
At that time, Google often triggers security alerts and can block the process. Go in the inbox and check if you have received 'security alert' emails from Google. If yes, open them all and reassure Google by answering "It was me".

Step 2 : Enable IMAP in the Gmail / G Workspace account

In the mailbox, go to the Settings by clicking on the wheel on the top right like in the screenshot below (1)

Then go to the Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings (2).
Click on *

Question 2

How to connect a Gmail / Google Workspace account to MailReach with an App Password

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Summary

First you have to turn on the 2-Step Verification in your Google account.
Then we'll make sure that IMAP is enabled.
Once 2-Step Verification is ON and IMAP enabled, we'll guide you to create an App Password (a password dedicated to MailReach).
And that's it, you'll then be able to connect your inbox to MailReach.

Step 1 : Enable 2-Step Verification in your Google account

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Instructions

Login to the Google account, click on the Avatar in the top right corner and then click on Manage your Google account.

In the navigation panel, select Security. Scroll down a bit, under Signing in to Google, click on 2-Step Verification and then Get started.

||| If you don't see that option, it means that the Google Workspace Admin didn't allow users to turn on 2-Step Verification, see the Troubleshooting section below.

Follow the on-screen steps.

Step 2 : Enable IMAP in the mailbox

In the mailbox, go to the Settings by clicking on the wheel on the top right like in the screenshot below (1)

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Question 3

How to connect a Google Workspace account to MailReach - 2022 version

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||| This connecting method is no longer supported. Please check our guide How to connect a Gmail / Google Workspace account to MailReach with an App Password

Summary

To connect your Google Workspace account, you have to grant a Google API access to MailReach in the Google Workspace Admin ('Step 1' below, 1 min duration, easy). If you don't do that and click on 'Sign In with Google Workspace', you will get a Google warning saying "This app is blocked".
Once the Google API access is granted to MailReach, you will be able to connect any mailbox to MailReach by clicking on 'Sign In with Google' ('Step 2' below, 10 sec duration, super easy).
This guide is for Google Workspace (formerly G Suite, professional Gmail), if you want to connect a free @gmail.com mailbox, please follow this guide instead.
This is the quickest way to connect Google Workspace accounts, but if you're not able to grant MailReach a Google API access, you can use another connection method, follow this guide : How to connect a Google account with an App Password. ))

Step 1 : Add MailReach as an API client in the Google Workspace

Question 4

I've connected my email account to MailReach, what happens next? Getting Started

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Congrats, you have connected your first email account to MailReach. You can be proud of yourself for taking care of your deliverability 👏🎉

You're now an official member of the smart emailers gang 🕶️

The following page has been carefully written and enriched to help you find all the answers to the potential questions you can have.

That's a 5 minutes read to help you get the maximum out of MailReach. Let's start.

OK I've connected my account, what's going to happen next?

MailReach is initializing to launch conversations with relevant email accounts to start warming your email address.
It usually takes between 5 seconds and 2 hours to see the first interaction (first email sent or first email received). That's normal, don't worry.
MailReach automatically creates a folder named "To Follow" in your inbox. You should see it if you're on Gmail / G Workspace or Office 365 / Outlook. Each warming email (sent and received) will be stored in that folder.
MailReach automatically hides 99% the warming emails received after several seconds to prevent cluttering your inbox. For several reasons out of MailReach's control, some emails can't be automatically hidden (automatic replies for example). If the delay of several seconds is a problem, we got your back with an additional filter for Google / Microsoft. [How to filter and hide MailReach emails in your Google or Office 365 inbox](/en/article/how-to-filter-and-hide-mailreach-emails-in-your-inbox-gmail-offic

Question 5

How to fix email configuration problems

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Explanation

Your email address warmed on MailReach has been detected to have a configuration problem.

As it's on your end, MailReach can't fix this for you but don't worry, we'll guide you to solve that ASAP.

The symptom is that your email is not reachable, it generates an error message / a bounce. In other words, **when other mailboxes try to send an email to your address, the email bounces back. **

This address is not able to receive inbound emails : no replies, limited conversations, not enough warming emails are sent : it reduces the power of MailReach and just prevents you from receiving any email.

In most of the cases it's because of your MX records being misconfigured.

|| In less than 10% of the cases, it can be a false positive alert because of the type of emails bounces detected by MailReach. In all cases, please follow the steps below.

Use another mailbox you own to send a test email to the email address that has the issue.

From a different mailbox (your personal one for example), send a test email to the email address that has the configuration problem
Wait 3 minutes max to make sure the email has enough time to land.

Case 1 : your test email bounced back

| A bounced email is an error message telling you that your email couldn't be delivered for any reason. There are many different reasons.

Here's an example of a bounce :

First, rea

Question 6

How to filter and hide MailReach emails in your inbox [Gmail / Office 365]

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TL;DR

By default, MailReach emails are hidden from your mailbox and stored in a folder named "To Follow", but it can't be 100% reliable (that's normal) and it can take some time.
In this guide, you'll be guided to set up a filter to hide the emails and redirect them without any delay and with more reliability.
It should take you 3 minutes.

Step 1 : copy your warm up content code in the settings of your email account in MailReach

In your MailReach account, select your email account and go in its settings
Find "Your warming content code" and copy the code (include the "-" if there's one)

Step 2 : create the filter to hide the emails and redirect them

If you use Gmail / Google Workspace / Gsuite

Go into the Gmail settings

Go to 'Filters and Blocked Addresses'
Click on 'Create a new filter'
In the 'Has the words' field, paste your warming content code

Click on 'Create filter'
Check "Skip the Inbox (Archive it)"
Click on "Apply the label" and select "To Follow"
Click on Create filter. You're done 🎉

If you use Microsoft / Outlook / Office 365

Click on the Settings wheel
Search for "Inbox rules" in the field and

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