# External Services

External Services Configuration related to set up supported configurations for third party services like Amazon S3 and SMTP:

Beginning at the main screen, select **Admin,** then **System** from the drop down menu. This will launch the **System** menu.

Select **External Services** to configure.&#x20;

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### **S3 Amazon Service Configuration**&#x20;

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Enables configuring S3 Amazon services.

### **Email Service Configuration**&#x20;

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Enables configuring Email services. This is interlinked to the User - Auto generate password, whenever the email is provided at user page. It sends the mail using these set configurations.

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Provide **User name, Password, host, port number & useTLS** details and click on save button.&#x20;

Related articles

* Page:[External Services](/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/system/entity-to-entity-mapping/external-services.md)


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