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title: "Set up with the wizard"
description: "Walk through BooleanSMTP's five-step setup wizard — Start, Provider, Connect, Verify and Review — to connect a provider."
image: "https://booleansmtp.com/docs/og.png"
---

> Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://booleansmtp.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Set up with the wizard

import { Aside } from '@booleanpress/nimbus/components';

The first time you open **BooleanSMTP**, a setup wizard starts. It has five steps: **Start**, **Provider**,
**Connect**, **Verify** and **Review**.

1. On **Start**, choose **Set up a new connection**.

   ![The wizard's Start step, with Set up a new connection selected and Import from another SMTP plugin as the other choice.](../../../assets/screenshots/wizard-start.webp "Setup wizard, start step")

2. On **Provider**, pick the service you send email with: Amazon SES, Google Workspace, Microsoft Outlook, Custom
   SMTP, or PHP Mail.

   ![The wizard's Provider step, with Amazon SES, Google Workspace, Microsoft Outlook, Custom SMTP and PHP Mail as choices.](../../../assets/screenshots/wizard-provider.webp "Setup wizard, provider step")

3. On **Connect**, enter what that provider gives you: an API key, a sign-in with your Google or Microsoft account,
   or SMTP details. The provider's setup guide in the wizard says where to find each value.
4. On **Verify**, click **Check connection** to test the provider credentials, then send a **Test email**.
   For PHP Mail, there is no provider connection to check; send the test email directly.
5. On **Review**, check the summary and click **Apply and finish**. The connection is switched on and becomes your
   primary connection.

> **Already using another SMTP plugin?**
>
> Choose **Import from another SMTP plugin** on the **Start** step instead — see
> [Import from another SMTP plugin](/docs/migrating-to-booleansmtp/import/).

The wizard shows only while no connection is active. After setup, add more connections under **Mailers → Add
Connection**.

## Next steps

- [Send a test email](/docs/getting-started/send-a-test-email/) if you chose **Skip for now** on Verify.
- [Choose a mailer](/docs/mailers/) for what your provider needs, in detail.
- [Import from another SMTP plugin](/docs/migrating-to-booleansmtp/import/) if another SMTP plugin already runs on this site.

Source: https://booleansmtp.com/docs/getting-started/setup-wizard/index.mdx