Gmail SMTP setup

Lichon wrote:
My ISP isnt blocking port 25, so all I have to do to get alert emails to a gmail account is enter the email in one of the three alert contacts (under System->Alerts). Not sure if that helps, but it works like a charm. Why is it you need SMTP ? Maybe because your ISP uses PPPOE?

@Lichon: Gmail does not accept unauthenticated SMTP connections for relaying mail. Therefore jaime must use Gmail's TLS port (i.e. 587). The problem is that the NAS does not currently support using TLS.

If jaime were to send the NAS messages to his ISP (or any other e-mail account that will accept non-encrypted communication), it would work fine.

@Jaime: My suggestion would be this: If you ISP offers you a number of free e-mail accounts, I would create a new one called "NAS-alerts@your-isp.com" and forward those to your Gmail account. Even if your ISP only offers 1 e-mail address, you should still be able to forward any/all messages to your Gmail account.

My ISP setup an e-mail account for me when I first registered and they use it to send me my monthly invoice. Other than that, it's spammed to death. I setup a .forward file that sends everything to my own domain mail server:

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Ma ... forwarding

Hopefully this will help.

-Dave