Send outreach from your own inbox — now with Microsoft too

The best outreach doesn't look like outreach. It looks like a note from a real person at a venue or promoter the curator already knows. Now you can send exactly that from the inbox you already use, whether that's Gmail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or Outlook, so curators see your name on your own domain instead of a shared Recs address.

Gmail and Google Workspace

A guided wizard connects your inbox using a Google App Password, a one-time code Google gives you for connecting an outside app safely (it needs 2-Step Verification switched on). We walk you through every step, and your outreach then sends through Google, from your own address.

Microsoft 365 and Outlook

This one is even simpler: there's no password to copy or paste anywhere. Click Sign in with Microsoft, approve the request on Microsoft's own screen, and you're done. It uses modern OAuth sign-in, the secure, future-proof way to connect a mailbox, which matters because Microsoft is retiring older password-based access. It works for both business Microsoft 365 and personal Outlook.com accounts.

Why it's better

• Curators trust a sender they recognize, so more of your outreach gets opened.
• Sending through your own Gmail or Microsoft mailbox improves deliverability, so fewer messages land in spam.
• It's free: no new accounts, no DNS changes, no extra cost.
• Every message carries your name and your brand, not ours.

You choose where replies go, too. Route them back into your Recs Outreach Inbox to manage every conversation in one place, or let them land in your normal inbox and reply the way you always have.

How to set it up

From your Organizer dashboard, open Settings, then Connected Emails, and click Add sender. Pick your provider, Google or Microsoft, and follow the wizard. Most organizers are connected in a couple of minutes.

Two honest notes before you start: a single inbox can send to roughly 10,000 recipients a day on Microsoft 365, which is plenty for real outreach but not built for mass blasts. And if you're on a business Microsoft 365 account at a larger organization, whoever manages your Microsoft 365 may need to give the connection a quick one-time approval.