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## Setting up Email
Once you connect your database to Metabase, you'll want to configure an email account to send system notifications to your organization's users. Metabase uses email to reset passwords, onboard new users, and notify you when something happens.
Once you connect your database to Metabase, you'll want to configure an email account to send system notifications to your organization's users. Metabase uses email to reset passwords, onboard new users, and notify you when something happens.
### Configuring your Email Account
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![Email Credentials](images/EmailCredentials.png)
**If you use Google Apps:**
* In the **SMTP host** field, enter smtp.gmail.com
* Fill in 465 for the **SMTP port** field
* For the **SMTP Security** field, enter **SSL**
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* Enter the email address you would like to be used as the sender of system notifications in the **From Address* field.
**If you use Amazon SES:**
* Log on to [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ses](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ses).
* Click **SMTP Settings** from the navigation pane.
* Click **SMTP Settings** from the navigation pane.
* Select **Create My SMTP Credentials** in the content pane.
* Create a user in the **Create User for SMTP** dialog box and then click **Create**.
* Create a user in the **Create User for SMTP** dialog box and then click **Create**.
* Next, select **Show User SMTP Credentials** to view the user's SMTP credentials.
* Go back to the Metabase Admin Panel form and enter the info there.
**If you use Mandrill:**
* Log in to your Mandrill account and locate your credentials from the **SMTP & API Info** page there.
* Your SMTP password is any active API key for your account — *not* your Mandrill password.
* Although Mandrill lists **port 587**, [any port supported by Mandrill](https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205582167-What-SMTP-ports-can-I-use-) will work for SMTP email.
* Although Mandrill lists **port 587**, [any port supported by Mandrill](https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205582167-What-SMTP-ports-can-I-use-) will work for SMTP email.
* Now you can go back to the Metabase Admin Panel form and enter the info there.
**No matter which email provider you use,**
* SSL is strongly recommended because it’s more secure and gives your account extra protection from threats.
* If your email service has a whitelist of email addresses that are allowed to send email, be sure to whitelist the email address that you put in the **From Address** field to ensure you and your teammates receive all emails from Metabase.
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* [Configure settings](06-configuration-settings.md)
* [Setting up Slack Integration](07-setting-up-slack.md)
First things first, you'll need to install Metabase. If you haven’t done that yet, our [Installation Guide](../operations-guide/start.md#installing-metabase) will help you through the process.
First things first, you'll need to install Metabase. If you haven’t done that yet, our [Installation Guide](../operations-guide/start.md#installing-and-running-metabase) will help you through the process.
Already done with that? Then let’s start with going over [connecting Metabase to your database](01-managing-databases.md).
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1. Go to Elastic Beanstalk and select your `Metabase` application
* Click on `Application Versions` on the left nav (you can also choose `Application Versions` from the dropdown at the top of the page)
* Download the latest Metabase Elastic Beanstalk deployment file
* https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.metabase.com/v0.13.0/aws-elastic-beanstalk.zip
* https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.metabase.com/v0.13.0/metabase-aws-eb.zip
* Upload a new Application Version
* Click the `Upload` button on the upper right side of the listing
* Give the new version a name, ideally including the Metabase version number (e.g. v0.13.0)
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> [Tips on creating useful dashboards](06-dashboard-tips.md)
> [Some helpful tips on building your data model](07-data-model-reference.md)
> [Using Pulses for daily emails](07-pulses.md)
Let's get started with an overview of [What Metabase does](01-what-is-metabase.md).
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> [Some helpful tips on building your data model](08-data-model-reference.md)
Let's get started with an overview of [What Metabase does](01-what-is-metabase.md).
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