# Connect Email {% embed url="" %} ### **Step 1: Connect your email accounts** * Go to your [Account](https://app.gethyperscale.com/account) page * Click **Continue with Gmail** or **Continue with Outlook** * **Outlook (Office 365 users):** Please check you have [enabled sending permissions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/authenticated-client-smtp-submission#enable-smtp-auth-for-specific-mailboxes). * Alternatively, you can click **Continue with SMTP** and enter your SMTP credentials * Note: Google and Outlook options are recommended over SMTP to due to better deliverability (i.e. less likely to be blocked or labeled as Spam) ### **Step 2: Test your connection** * Click Test * Enter the email you want to send a test email to (ideally your own inbox) * Send email and see if you received an email in that inbox * If you received the test email, your connection was successful ### Step 3: Check you have DMARC, SPF, DKIM records properly set up * This ensures higher deliverability so you land in inboxes, rather than spam * If you fail any checks, visit [How to authenticate email (DKIM, DMARC, SPF)](/email-best-practices/how-to-authenticate-email-dkim-dmarc-spf.md) for further instructions --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.gethyperscale.com/connect-accounts/connect-email.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.