# Getting started with eSign

What S+M eSign does, how your company's workspace is set up, and the email, branding and language settings it needs.

S+M eSign sends PDF documents for electronic signature. Signers need no account: they get a personal link by email,
agree to sign electronically, fill in their fields and sign. When everyone has signed, eSign seals the PDF with a
digital seal and a trusted timestamp and adds a certificate of completion with the full history.

You can send documents from [EspoCRM](https://docs.sapiensandmachines.com/en/esign/espocrm-app) or from your own software through the [API](https://docs.sapiensandmachines.com/en/esign/api-and-webhooks).

## Your workspace

Each company has its own eSign workspace: its documents, settings, email sender and API keys are kept apart from
everyone else's.

> [!NOTE]
> Today S+M sets up your workspace with you. Signing in to eSign with your S+M account and choosing a plan yourself
> are on the way; this page will say so when they arrive.

## Email sending

eSign sends the invitations and signed copies **from your own email account** (SMTP), never from a shared address,
so signers see mail from you. Until this is set up, your workspace can't send documents.

You need:

- **From name**: shown to signers (your company name if left empty).
- **From address**: for example `contracts@example.com`.
- **SMTP host**, **Port** and **Security** (`STARTTLS (587)` or `SSL (465)`), **Username** and **Password**.

The password is stored encrypted. For Google Workspace, use an app password. A test email confirms the settings
work.

> [!TIP]
> Mail that arrives reliably also needs your domain's SPF and DKIM records to allow that mail server. Your email
> provider explains how.

## Branding and language

- **Logo**: PNG (a transparent background works best) or JPG, up to 2 MB, shown up to 300 px wide in emails and on
  the signing pages. You can hide the company name under the logo if the logo already includes it.
- **Signer language**: English or Spanish, for the signing pages and every email signers receive. A single document
  can still use another language, chosen in EspoCRM or through the API.

## Next steps

- [Templates and markers](https://docs.sapiensandmachines.com/en/esign/templates-and-markers): mark where each signer signs.
- [The EspoCRM app](https://docs.sapiensandmachines.com/en/esign/espocrm-app): send for signature from your CRM.
- [What signers see](https://docs.sapiensandmachines.com/en/esign/signer-experience).