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# IMAP Accounts

Some sites will send a code to your email during checkout. **IMAP** allows Valor to scan your incoming emails and automatically find and enter that code into your tasks, speeding up the checkout process. Click the **MAP Accounts** card on the Misc page to go to that page.

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To begin, click the blue **Add** icon in the top left corner. This will open a window where you can add your IMAP settings.

* **IMAP Server:** Enter your email provider’s IMAP server. This will default to `imap.gmail.com` for Gmail accounts.
* **Username:** Enter your full email address.
* **Account/App Password:** Enter your email password or app password. For Gmail and some other providers, you must use an app password instead of your normal password.

For Gmail, you must use an **App Password** to set up IMAP.

Follow this official guide from Google:\
<https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833>

Steps:

1. Make sure **2-Step Verification** is enabled on your Google account.
2. Go to the App Passwords page in your Google account.
3. Create a new app password (you can select “Mail” and “Other”).
4. Copy the generated password and use it in Valor under **Account/App Password**.

If you prefer a video guide, you can click [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-NvBfj4NUQ).

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Once finished, click **Create**, and your IMAP account will be added. After adding your IMAP account, it should show **Connected** in the connection column and **Waiting For Emails** in the status column. The image below uses invalid information as an example, so it shows **Disconnected** instead.

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{% hint style="info" %}
If you have multiple email accounts, it is recommended to set up email forwarding to one main account and add IMAP for that account. To learn how to forward emails, click [here](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10957?hl=en).
{% endhint %}