Post SMTP with Gutena Forms

Gutena Forms is a modern WordPress form builder designed for the Gutenberg editor, making it easy to create contact forms, surveys, and booking forms directly within your pages. With its block-based approach, collecting user data and managing form interactions becomes simple and efficient.

When combined with Post SMTP, Gutena Forms becomes more reliable for sending email notifications. By integrating Post SMTP, you can ensure that all form submissions, alerts, and user messages are delivered securely through authenticated mailers instead of the default WordPress mail system. This improves email deliverability and helps your notifications reach the intended recipients without issues.

Keep reading to learn how Post SMTP can improve the delivery of Gutena Forms’ email notifications.

Gutena Forms Not Sending Emails Issue

When someone submits a Gutena Form on your website, they typically expect to receive a notification email in their inbox. However, in some cases, these emails may not arrive at all or may be delivered to the spam folder.

When you fill out the form with the required information and click Submit.

After the form submission, it shows that a form was submitted, but the email notification could not be sent.

Now, let’s see how you can fix this issue with Post SMTP.

Install and Activate the Post SMTP Plugin

1. Before getting started, you’ll need to install the Post SMTP plugin.
2. Let’s cover the steps to set up Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) with Post SMTP.
3. You can configure any Mailer service with Post SMTP; check out our Post SMTP Sockets documentation.
4. Now, go to the Post SMTP dashboard and click Start the wizard.

Select the SMTP Mailer

A window will pop up containing different Mailers services; select Brevo from here.

Configure and Authenticate SMTP Mailer

For the From Address, there are two required fields.

a. From Email (You must use the same email address you used to log in to your Brevo account.)

b. From Name.

After that, you must enter the API Key to connect your selected mailer with Post SMTP.

Click on the API tokens link to get redirected to Brevo’s API Key screen.

Generating an API Key

First, log in to your Brevo account, then open the Profile from the top-left corner, and click SMTP & API.

Then, click on Generate a new API Key.

Enter the key name and click Generate.

The API Key will be generated. Copy that and click OK. Return to the tab/window where the Post SMTP is open.

Now paste the copied API Key in the required field in the Post SMTP setup wizard.

Now click on Save and Continue.

Sending a Test Email: –

A screen will appear with the field Recipient Email Address. This step will allow you to send a test email.

Enter the Recipient Email Address and click Send Test Email.

You can proceed further by clicking ‘I’ll send a test email later.’

Alt text: ‘I’ll send a test email later, button

You can view the log section by clicking on the “View logs” button or skip to the dashboard by clicking the ” Skip to the dashboard button.

As you can see, Post SMTP is configured.

Now open the Gutena Forms. Fill out the Gutena Forms with the required information and click Submit.

Click the Submit button to see the successfully submitted message on your screen.

Go to the inbox of the email address you used in the form. Here, you can see that the state has been successfully submitted, and you have received it in your email address.

Need Help?

If you still find it difficult or have any other email deliverability issues, contact us for expert assistance; our talented WordPress team will troubleshoot all your email delivery issues and provide SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configuration.

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