# Send emails using Liferay with SMTP

## Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need:

- A Resend [API key](/guides/get-started-create-an-api-key)
- A [verified domain](/guides/get-started-add-a-domain)

## Guide

::::steps
:::step{title="Get the Resend SMTP credentials"}
When configuring your SMTP integration, you'll need to use the following credentials:

- **Host**: `smtp.resend.com`
- **Port**: `465`
- **Username**: `resend`
- **Password**: `YOUR_API_KEY`
:::

:::step{title="Integrate with Liferay"}
After logging into your Liferay instance as the admin user, you'll need to enable the SMTP integration.

1. Navigate to **Control Panel** → **Server Administration** → **Mail**.

![Liferay - SMTP](../img/site-assets/mintcdn.com/resend/OWNnQaVDyqcGyhhN/images/liferay-smtp-1-b9qrzi.jpg)

2. Copy-and-paste the SMTP credentials from Resend to Liferay.

- **Outgoing SMTP Server**: `smtp.resend.com`
- **Outgoing Port**: `465`
- **Enable StartTLS**: `True`
- **User Name**: `resend`
- **Password**: `YOUR_API_KEY`

Make sure to replace `YOUR_API_KEY` with an existing key or create a new [API Key](https://resend.com/api-keys).

For the additional JavaMail properties, you can use:

```
mail.smtp.auth=true
mail.smtp.starttls.enable=true
mail.smtp.starttls.required=true
```
:::
::::

## Related pages

- [Send emails with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-smtp.md)
- [Send Auth0 transactional emails with Resend](./get-started-send-with-auth0.md)
- [Send emails using Customer.io with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-customer-io-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Django with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-django-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Laravel with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-laravel-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Nodemailer with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-nodemailer-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using PHPMailer with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-phpmailer-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Rails with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-rails-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Retool with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-retool-smtp.md)
- [Send emails using Supabase with SMTP](./get-started-send-with-supabase-smtp.md)

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