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# How to configure Email Settings

Before you can send out any campaign in AVADA, you need to have a verified sender. You have three ways to add a sender:

1. Add your custom sender under AVADA domain to send your emails
2. Add your domain and use a sender belong to your domain
3. Send email via custom SMTP

In this guide, we will walk you through three step in Email setting.
From the **App Dashboard**, go to **Settings** > **Email**

![Navigate to Email settings](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_1nlvv7t.png)

![Email Settings screen](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_1tmrjxc.png)

## Step 1: Add sender

### 1.1 Add sender

Click **Add sender** button at **Step 1**

![Add sender’s email](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_1akmuto.png)

### 1.2 Verify email

Next, enter your **Email address** and **Name**, select **Sender type**, then click the **Save button**.

![Enter Email address and Name, select Sender type](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_1rs5484.png)

Next, click **Verify button**

![Click Verify button](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_6wx860.png)

An email will be sent to your mailbox. Click on the **Verify your email** button in that email to confirm your email is a valid email address at a domain that belongs to you.

![Click on the ‘Verify your email’ button in the verification email](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_lgx9oc.png)

You will see a notification like this screenshot. Click **Back to settings** to go back to the app setting and complete the sender setting.

![Click "Back to settings" to go back to the app](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_sqrhny.png)


### 1.3 Check result

Back to the **App Setting**, you will see this success message. Your custom sender is added successfully. Now you can start sending your campaign!

![Your custom sender is added successfully](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_psbt8g.png)

You can set your custom email sender as the default sender. Remember to click the **Save** button.

![Set your custom email sender as the default](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_mv8d1t.png)

**Note**:

This setting is only applied to upcoming created campaigns.

For the campaigns you created before, you have to change the email sender in the Email Editor manually.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/pasted-image-0-11_m4li6u.png)

NOTICE: We recommend to have 2 separated sender for Automation and Campaign. [Learn more here](https://avada.crisp.help/en/article/how-to-set-up-separate-senders-for-marketing-transactional-emails-1r3nsy7/).

##  Step 2: Verify domain

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_6kz0b6.png)

As said, if you stop at step 1, then you will send your email under AVADA shared domain. If you want to send emails under your business domain, then let's do step 2 as well. 

This step is optional but highly recommended to ensure you have full control of your sending reputation. See detailed guide to [verify your sending domain here.](https://avada.crisp.help/en/article/add-your-own-domain-verify-domain-1axltrw/)

## Step 3: Add Reply-to 

If customer reply to your emails sent from AVADA, then you can receive reply emails in this address entered here.

![Add Reply-to address](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b66870a37c890800/unnamed_1musjbo.png)