Guides

SMTP setup tutorials and GQ CRM how-to guides.

Team

Workspaces and Teams in GQ CRM: Roles, Permissions, and Multi-Client Setup

Workspaces isolate resources per team or client, and roles control who can view, edit, or delete. Here's the permission model, how to invite members, and the agency setup pattern.

August 19, 2026

Recipients

Importing and Verifying Recipients in GQ CRM

Paste a list or upload a CSV/Excel file, then run verification before you send. Covers the verification states, invalid reasons, dedupe modes, and the operator playbook for healthy lists.

August 19, 2026

Getting Started

GQ CRM Projects and API Keys: Organize Sending by Domain or Client

Projects isolate SMTP configs, templates, and sending history per domain or client. Here's how to create them, generate per-project API keys, and send from your own software.

August 18, 2026

Templates

Email Templates in GQ CRM: Variables, Personalization, and Best Practices

Create reusable templates with {{variables}}, personalize per recipient, and reuse them across projects and tasks. Includes template writing guidance that protects deliverability.

August 20, 2026

Contacts

Contacts and Stages in GQ CRM: A Lightweight CRM for Your Outreach

Every recipient becomes a contact with a stage, notes, tags, and interaction history. Here's how to use stages (LEAD → CONTACTED → FOLLOWING → WON/LOST), tags, and per-contact sending to run follow-ups that follow attention.

August 20, 2026

SMTP Setup

SMTP Connection Troubleshooting for GQ CRM

The five failure modes that break SMTP connections — auth, TLS, ports, From-domain, and rate limits — with the exact error messages and the fix for each.

August 22, 2026

SMTP Setup

How to Connect Mailgun to GQ CRM (Step-by-Step)

Create a Mailgun domain, find your SMTP credentials, verify DNS, and connect Mailgun to GQ CRM in about 10 minutes.

August 1, 2026

SMTP Setup

How to Connect Gmail / Google Workspace to GQ CRM (Step-by-Step)

Set up an App Password and connect your Gmail or Google Workspace address to GQ CRM over SMTP — including sending limits you need to know.

August 1, 2026

Getting Started

GQ CRM Getting Started: From SMTP to First Campaign in 20 Minutes

A complete walkthrough of GQ CRM: create your project, connect SMTP, add and verify recipients, create a rate-limited email task, and track results.

August 1, 2026

SMTP Setup

How to Connect Amazon SES to GQ CRM (Step-by-Step)

Create Amazon SES SMTP credentials, request production access, and connect SES to GQ CRM in about 10 minutes — with the exact host, port, and fields to fill in.

August 1, 2026

API

Cloudflare Workers as a Multi-Project Mail Router for GQ CRM

One Worker, many projects: fan out sends with per-project API keys, verify GQ CRM webhook signatures, deduplicate deliveries by ID, and route events by projectId. Includes the limits that bite.

September 21, 2026

SMTP Setup

How to Connect Brevo to GQ CRM (Step-by-Step)

Create a Brevo account, verify your sending domain, get your SMTP relay credentials, and connect Brevo to GQ CRM in about 10 minutes.

September 7, 2026

Tracking

Tracking and Analytics in GQ CRM: Opens, Clicks, Bounces, and Replies

Understand per-recipient open/click tracking, hard vs soft bounce classification, and which metrics actually matter for cold email. Includes plan gating notes and honest-tracking caveats.

August 21, 2026

API

GQ CRM Send API: Quickstart with X-API-Key

Send email from your own software in one request: authenticate with a per-project X-API-Key, use templates and variables, and understand quotas, rate limits, and error codes.

August 21, 2026