Email Providers You Can Connect
Your organization picks exactly one active email provider, from 12 types, and every other Email settings tab (Mailboxes especially) changes shape depending on which one is active.
The four shapes a provider can take
- Fully hosted (KamoMail) — Kamo's own internal mail server. Nothing to configure beyond selecting it.
- Inherited (Parent Org) — uses whatever your parent organization has configured. Read-only here.
- OAuth-connected (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Mail) — you authorize a connection via a popup, no app registration needed for Microsoft.
- Manually configured (SMTP Only, IceWarp, Exchange, Individual IMAP) — you enter server/host/credential details directly.
- Personal, per-member (Gmail Personal, Outlook Personal, Individual IMAP) — selecting these configures nothing at the organization level at all; each member connects their own mailbox from their own profile, and the Mailboxes tab shows a different, simpler layout to match.
A subtle but important distinction for Google Workspace
Connecting Google Workspace via OAuth only authorizes the connection itself — it doesn't automatically grant Kamo access to read or send from specific mailboxes. A second step, pasting a service-account JSON key (domain-wide delegation), is what actually enables IMAP/SMTP access to assigned mailboxes. Skipping that second step leaves the connection "Connected" but functionally unable to send or receive mail.
