FME Flow: 2026.3

System Email

Select System Configuration > Network & Email tab.

Configure settings for an SMTP email server to use when FME Flow sends emails about System Events and Reset Password. Configure the fields under Email Settings. When finished, click Save.

Email Settings

Tip  To auto-populate some fields for common SMTP servers, click Load Template.

SMTP Server: Mail exchange server domain name or IP address used for sending email.

SMTP Server Port: Mail exchange TCP port used for sending email. If Connection Security (below) is SSL/TLS, specify port 465. If StartTLS or None, specify port 587.

Connection Security - The encryption mechanism used for the connection.

  • SSL/TLS: The connection uses Transport Layer Security (TLS), formerly Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), supported by most common SMTP email servers.
  • StartTLS: An SSL/TLS connection with the email server is initiated using the STARTTLS command.
  • None: The connection is unencrypted.

SMTP Authentication: Specify the authentication method to use with the SMTP server:

  • Basic Authentication: Authentication with a username and password, provided explicitly.
  • OAuth Password Grant (Microsoft): Resource Owner Password Credentials (ROPC) authorization flow, based on the OAuth 2.0 protocol, and supported by the Microsoft identity platform.
  • OAuth Authorization Code (Microsoft): OAuth 2.0-based authentication via authorization code flow (grant), as implemented by the Microsoft identity platform .
  • OAuth Authorization Code (Google): OAuth 2.0-based authentication via authorization code flow (grant), as implemented by Google.

SMTP Account: The username of the SMTP account.

SMTP Password: If SMTP Authentication is Basic Authentication or OAuth Password Grant (Microsoft), the corresponding password for the username of the SMTP account.

Note  For information about using passwords with a Gmail server, see this Google Help Center page.

Client ID: If SMTP Authentication is OAuth Password Grant (Microsoft), OAuth Authorization Code (Microsoft), or OAuth Authorization Code (Google), your Client ID for the specified SMTP Server, assigned when this application is registered with the OAuth identity provider.

Client Secret: If SMTP Authentication is OAuth Authorization Code (Microsoft) or OAuth Authorization Code (Google), your Client Secret for the specified SMTP Server, assigned when this application is registered with the OAuth identity provider.

Sign in with Microsoft/Sign in with Google: If SMTP Authentication is OAuth Authorization Code (Microsoft) or OAuth Authorization Code (Google), click to specify the SMTP account for authorization and provide that account with permission to authenticate with FME Flow.

Access Token: Auto-populated following successful completion of the Sign in with Microsoft/Sign in with Google process.

Refresh Token: Auto-populated following successful completion of the Sign in with Microsoft/Sign in with Google process.

Access Token Expiry: Auto-populated following successful completion of the Sign in with Microsoft/Sign in with Google process.

Email From: Corresponds to the "From" field in standard email messages. If users reply to the notification email, it is directed to this address.