How to Setup Office 365 as the SMTP Mailer for Ghost

On a recent project of wizards, the client required Office 365 to be used as their SMTP mailer for their ghost instance. As we haven't used O365 as SMTP mailer in ghost. After a bit of trial, we have figured out how to use Office 365 as an SMTP mailer in ghost. & thought it would be worth sharing with our users if anyone trying to do so.

Step 1

Get your SMTL credentials from your Office 365 account.  For more info on how to get the credentials click here

Step 2

Login into your server

ssh user@yourserverip

Step 3

Edit the config.production.json file. Make sure you know your ghost installation directory. Usually, the config resides in /var/www/ghost/ directory. Edit the file by running the following command

nano /var/www/ghost/config.production.json

Step 4

Replate following

"mail": {
    "transport": "Direct"
  },

with

"mail": {
    "from": "[email protected]",
    "transport": "SMTP",
    "options": {
        "host": "smtp.office365.com",
        "port": 587,
        "service": "O365",
        "secure": false,
        "requireTLS": true,
        "auth": {
            "user": "[email protected]",
            "pass": "password"
        }
    }
},

replace the email & password you got from outlook & save the file.

Step 5

In order for your settings changes to take effect, restart the ghost instance using the following command

ghost restart

After the reboot, your ghost instance will be able to deliver the emails (transactional) using your Office365 SMTP credentials.

Hopefully, you find this helpful.