Configure Open edX Email with SMTP2GO
Connect a Tutor-based Open edX deployment to SMTP2GO as an authenticated external SMTP relay, verify the effective mail settings, then test account activation and password reset end to end.
What you will accomplish
Working Open edX account email through an authenticated external SMTP relay, verified with activation and password-reset workflows.
Environment covered
Open edX Verawood · Tutor 22 · SMTP2GO · STARTTLS
The exact commands for this tutorial are maintained as a GitHub Gist, which stays the canonical command reference.
What the demonstration proves: Open edX hands activation and password-reset mail to an authenticated SMTP relay over STARTTLS, and both workflows complete for a test learner. That verifies the configured route and a controlled delivery path. It does not demonstrate guaranteed Inbox placement, universal deliverability, an inbound SMTP service, production-scale capacity, or high availability.
This is practical lab and tutorial guidance. A working lab, a public demonstration system, and a production environment are not the same thing: check capacity, data protection, change control, and recovery requirements before applying any of it to a system that people depend on.