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Brevo API Configuration

📋 Setup Instructions

Setup with Brevo (Free - 300 emails/day)

  1. Go to brevo.com and create a free account (or log in)
  2. After login, click your name (top-right) → SMTP & API
    Or go directly to: https://app.brevo.com/settings/keys/api
  3. Click the "API Keys" tab
  4. Click "Generate a new API key"
  5. Give it a name (e.g. "Badminton Tournament") and click Generate
  6. ⚠️ Copy the key immediately — it starts with xkeysib- and is only shown once!
  7. Paste it in the "Brevo API Key" field above

Verify Your Sender Email

  1. Go to https://app.brevo.com/senders/list
  2. Click "Add a sender"
  3. Enter your email and a name
  4. Click Save — Brevo will send a verification email
  5. Open your inbox, click the verification link
✅ Why Brevo API? Render (and many cloud hosts) block SMTP ports. Brevo's API uses HTTPS (port 443) which is always allowed.