Set up GMX or WEB.DE to send e-mails via SMTP

The email services GMX and WEB.DE are very popular in German-speaking countries. You can use GMX and WEB.DE accounts to send emails from a SeaTable Bases.

This article explains how to set up a GMX or WEB.DE e-mail account in a SeaTable Base and what preparatory measures are necessary.

Identical procedure for GMX and WEB.DE
GMX and WEB.DE are offers from the German telecommunications provider 1&1. The procedure for integrating an email account in a SeaTable Base is demonstrated in this help article using GMX as an example. If you want to use a WEB.DE account, follow the instructions in the same way. The preparatory step must be carried out in the WEB.DE account settings.

Allow POP3/IMAP retrieval

By default, GMX and WEB.DE accounts can only be used via the webmailers or apps of the two providers. The retrieval and sending of emails with a third-party program such as Outlook, Thunderbird and SeaTable must be explicitly approved. You can do this in your account settings.

  1. Log in to your GMX e-mail account.
  2. Call up the settings for your account.

    3. Settings within GMX

  3. Click on POP3/IMAP retrieval in the e-mail settings.
  4. Activate Allow POP3 and IMAP access.

    5. Allow SMTP for GMX and WEB.De.

  5. Save your change.

You have now made all the preparations to be able to use this email account in SeaTable for sending emails.

Creation of the e-mail account in SeaTable

Now add your e-mail account as a third-party provider in your SeaTable Base. The following steps are necessary for this:

    Third-party integration via the advanced base options

  1. Open the extended base options by clicking on the three-dot icon .
  2. Select the option Integration of third-party providers.
  3. Click on Add e-mail account.

  4. Enter the following information:
    • Account name: any name for the account, e.g. 'GMX'
    • Sender: Your GMX address, e.g. 'seatable@gmx.de'
    • SMTP server: 'mail.gmx.net'
    • SMTP port: '587'
    • Username: Your GMX address, e.g. 'seatable@gmx.de'
    • Password: the password of your GMX account

    5. The IMAP host and IMAP port fields can remain empty. The SMTP server data for WEB.DE can be found in the WEB.DE help section.

    An example configuration for a GMX account looks like this:
    SMTP settings from GMX

Send emails via automation

After that, you can use the email account created in your SeaTable Base to send emails via automation or button.

If you want to learn more about this useful automation, read the article Email Sending by Automation.