How to setup Sendgrid SMTP service on cPanel VPS/Server?

[Kishor Kadtan]

The SendGrid is a cloud-based SMTP service provider that allows you to send email without having to maintain email servers.

You can follow the below SendGrid SMTP settings.

1. Login to your VPS or server using your root login credentials.

2. Go to Service Configuration and click on Exim Configuration Manager and go under the Advanced Editor tab.


3. Find the section called Section: AUTH and paste the following into the text box.

  sendgrid_login: 
  driver = plaintext
  public_name = LOGIN
  client_send = <YourSendGridUsername> <YourSendGridPassword>

Use SendGrid username and password)

4. Find the section called Section: PREROUTERS paste the following in the.

  send_via_sendgrid:
  driver = manualroute
  domains = ! +local_domains
  transport = sendgrid_smtp
  route_list = "* smtp.sendgrid.net::587 byname"
  host_find_failed = defer
  no_more

5. Find the section called Section: TRANSPORTSTART and paste the following in the.

  sendgrid_smtp:
  driver = smtp
  hosts = smtp.sendgrid.net
  hosts_require_auth = <; $host_address
  hosts_require_tls = <; $host_address

[Jayant R. Danech]

That is good information. Thank you for sharing it.