📋 Setup Instructions
Setup with Brevo (Free - 300 emails/day)
- Go to brevo.com and create a free account (or log in)
- After login, click your name (top-right) → SMTP & API
Or go directly to: https://app.brevo.com/settings/keys/api
- Click the "API Keys" tab
- Click "Generate a new API key"
- Give it a name (e.g. "Badminton Tournament") and click Generate
- ⚠️ Copy the key immediately — it starts with
xkeysib- and is only shown once!
- Paste it in the "Brevo API Key" field above
Verify Your Sender Email
- Go to https://app.brevo.com/senders/list
- Click "Add a sender"
- Enter your email and a name
- Click Save — Brevo will send a verification email
- 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.