Need help with your cPanel SendGrid configuration? Read on to learn how to go about it from our Support Engineers.

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How to start with cPanel SendGrid configuration

Before we begin, let’s take a look at SendGrid. It is a cloud-based service used for marketing and transnational emails. SendGrid makes custom integration a breeze with flexible APIs. It also offers real-time analytics and scalability. Interestingly, SendGrid was known as ‘smtpapi.com’ earlier.

Configure the domain for cPanel SendGrid configuration

• First, log in to WHM as the root user.
• Then, select ‘Exim Configuration Manager’ from the ’Service Configuration’ tab.

• After that, select the ‘ Advanced Editor’ tab.

• Then, go to ‘Section: AUTH’ section using the ‘Find’ function in the browser. Then enter the following configuration:

  sendgrid_login:
  driver=plaintext
  public_name-LOGIN
  client_send=: YourSendGridUsername : YourSendGridPassword

  Replace ‘YourSendGridUsername’ with your SendGrid username and ‘ YourSendGridPassword’ with SendGrid password.

• Next, navigate to ‘Section: PREROUTER’ and enter the following configuration:

  send_via_sendgrid:
  driver = manualroute
  domains = ! +local_domains
  senders = *@yourdomainhere
  transport = sendgrid_smtp
  route_list = “* smtp.sendgrid.net::587 byname”
  host_find_failed = defer

  Replace ‘yourdomainhere’ with the domain name. You can also replace it with an asterisk to cover the entire server.

• After that, navigate to ‘Section:TRANSPORTSTART’ and enter the following configuration:

  sendgrid_smtp:
  driver = smtp
  hosts = smtp.sendgrid.net
  hosts_require_auth = smtp.sendgrid.net
  hosts_require_tls = smtp.sendgrid.net

• Then save the changes made to the Exim’s configuration file.
• After that, execute this command on the server to apply the new changes:

  $ /etc/init.d/exim4 restart

• Now you will be able to send and receive emails via SendGrid. According to our Support Engineers, you can verify this by login into the shell and running this command:

  $ tail -f /var/log/exim_mainlog

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Conclusion

At the end of the day, we learned how to go about Panel SendGrid configuration with the guidance of experienced engineers at Bobcares.