email-infra-smartlead-setuplisted

# Smartlead Inbox Setup · [Sales Ops] > **Reads:** `{SKILL_BASE}/resources/reference.md` §1, §5 · `{SKILL_BASE}/resources/approved-vendors.md` · **Related:** provisioning, warmup-golive, campaign-building. > 🔒 **Read-only area.** Connecting an inbox to the sequencer is done from the **email infra management system**. Follow this sub-skill for the standard each inbox must meet and to read and verify live state (setup-audit rows 1–7); do not connect, reconnect or swap inboxes by hand. Set up sending inboxes in **Smartlead** (one of the sequencers Growth Today runs). Infrastructure/inbox side only, sequences and copy live in `gt-cold-email`. Numbers in `{SKILL_BASE}/resources/reference.md` §1, §5. Steps reflect the Smartlead help center; app-only values are flagged. --- ## Part 0, Who does the setup **Default: a vendor** (e.g. ScaledMail) buys domains, creates/configures mailboxes, sets DNS, first QA; Growth Today hands off the domain-research output plus a brief and verifies. **Fallback: in-house** (Parts 1–4). Growth Today always owns QA, warmup config, placement tests, and the GTM handoff. --- ## Part 1, Connecting inboxes Email Accounts → **Add Account(s) / + Connect Mailbox** → pick the provider. **Google Workspace**: **OAuth (recommended)**, or app-password (enable 2-Step Verification first, generate an app password for **Mail** / **Other**). Gmail values if using SMTP: SMTP `smtp.gmail.com:465` (SSL), IMAP `imap.gmail.com:993` (SSL); **both required**. **Bulk C