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# Use Your Own SMTP Server for Formcarry Email Delivery

> Configure a custom SMTP server in formcarry to send notification and auto-reply emails from your own email address for white-label delivery.

By default, formcarry sends notification emails from its own mail server.

If you want emails to arrive from your own domain or email address, you can connect any SMTP server to your account and use it per form.

<Note>
  Custom Email Servers are only available on Growth and Premium plans.
</Note>

## Adding an Email Server

First, save your SMTP credentials in the formcarry dashboard so they can be assigned to any of your forms.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Email Servers">
    Navigate to [Email Servers](https://app.formcarry.com/email-servers) in your dashboard. This page lists all servers you have already configured.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a new server">
    Click **Add Email Server** to open the configuration modal.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter your SMTP credentials">
    Fill in the following fields:

    * **Host** — your SMTP server hostname
    * **Port** — typically `465` (SSL) or `587` (TLS)
    * **Username** — the email address or account name used to authenticate
    * **Password** — the account password or app-specific password
    * **Secure Connection** — enable this for SSL/TLS connections
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save and verify">
    Click **Save**. formcarry automatically tests the connection before storing your credentials. If the test fails, double-check your host, port, and authentication details.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Using a Custom Server on a Form

After saving a server, enable it on whichever forms should use it.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open form settings">
    Navigate to your form and click the **Settings** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Locate the custom email server section">
    Scroll down until you see the **Custom email server** section.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enable and select your server">
    Toggle the switch on, then choose your saved server from the dropdown that appears.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **Save**. From this point on, formcarry routes all self notifications and auto-reply emails for this form through your SMTP server.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  If you are using Gmail as your SMTP server, refer to the [Gmail SMTP Setup](/docs/email/gmail-smtp-setup) guide for the specific credentials and app-password configuration required.
</Tip>


## Related topics

- [Using Gmail as a Custom SMTP Email Server](/docs/email/gmail-smtp-setup.md)
- [List email servers](/docs/api-reference/forms/list-email-servers.md)
- [Create a form](/docs/api-reference/forms/create-a-form.md)
- [List forms](/docs/api-reference/forms/list-forms.md)
- [Retrieve a form](/docs/api-reference/forms/retrieve-a-form.md)