Hi guys. I'm trying to set up my nas on the smtp.gmail.com. My dsl changed again and I can't remember what the hell that account is anymore and it doesn't work, so I'm going with this one now.http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answ ... swer=13287Anyway, I set that up with and without a port setting, and my user info, but I still don't get any alerts...can you help me out, thanks.Just a side note. I used the settings in the evolution email client to check and make sure that I get my mail, and that works fine. I canceled it after it started downloading all of the messages though, but I know that works. If I'm doing something wrong, please let me know.

I think Gmail requires TLS, which is currently not implemented in the ReadyNAS:viewtopic.php?f=31&t=18959&p=102572#p102569-Dave

Thanks Dave. Well, that's a bummer. I guess we'll just wait and see what good surprises the council has for the new firmware...

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?

Thanks Lichon, but I have tried port 25 and it worked before, when I had it set up with sbc. Still have them, but I rather just get this one working so I don't have to mess with this every time I change. I changed that port to the suggested gmail port on both the router and nas, but the box just will not sent any alerts out. I also took out the settings and just left my email on one of the contacts, but still nothing with or without the info.I just rebooted the nas, but still nothing.

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 ... forwardingHopefully this will help.-Dave

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TeknoJnky
Hero
Apr 08, 2009
if you use google smtp, check your SENT folder on gmail, they do not show up in your inbox
jaime1
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Apr 08, 2009
Thanks guys. I checked my sent box on gmail, I don't have anything there from the alerts.. As for the firmware, well, I guess timing is everything. I'm studying for a midterm next week and it looks like they have been working on that firmware for a bit so I guess it won't hurt me to wait a bit longer until it's out of beta since I just can't mess with that at the moment.

nightstrm

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Apr 08, 2009

jaime wrote:
Thanks guys. I checked my sent box on gmail, I don't have anything there from the alerts.. As for the firmware, well, I guess timing is everything. I'm studying for a midterm next week and it looks like they have been working on that firmware for a bit so I guess it won't hurt me to wait a bit longer until it's out of beta since I just can't mess with that at the moment.

jaime wrote:
Thanks guys. I checked my sent box on gmail, I don't have anything there from the alerts.. As for the firmware, well, I guess timing is everything. I'm studying for a midterm next week and it looks like they have been working on that firmware for a bit so I guess it won't hurt me to wait a bit longer until it's out of beta since I just can't mess with that at the moment.

I was having problems with TLS and Gmail using T70... alerts were sent but never received. However, my problem was corrected in T74, and email alerts now leave my ReadyNAS and appear in my .mac inbox almost instantly. :)

kossboss
Guide
Mar 05, 2013
===READYNAS SMTP:===
Look up smtp server and port settings in google and dont forget to check in those settings if you need ssl(tls) enabled with google search.
If you need ssl, then check the tls checkbox. If you need tls also check the tls checkbox.

Example of the google search:
"gmail smtp settings" or "verizon.net smtp settings" etc.

--Example with Verizon.net--
Imagine I have the following account from yahoo.
kossboss@yahoo.com
password: whocares
And lets say I want 2 of my alerts to recieve the email: kossboss@yahoo.com and kostia@email.com.
What will happen is the NAS will use the smtp settings of yahoo, and send out emails from kossboss@yahoo.com.
The trick with emails, the reason we have to fill this stuff out instead of just tell the nas who to email when an alert happens - we also need to tell the nas who to email from - every email comes from some email server.

* Alert Contact 1 ( Who will recieve the alert): kossboss@yahoo.com
* Alert Contact 2 ( Who will recieve the alert): kostia@email.com
* Email Provider: Custom
* User (just the username name of the account your sending from): kossboss
* Password (password of the account your sending from): whocares
* SMTP (smtp settings of the account your sending from - this is what your google search should lead you to): smtp.verizon.net
* SMTP PORT (smtp port of the account your sending from - this is another item your google search should result in): 465
* From (this is the full email address from your sending): kossboss@yahoo.com
* Use TLS (since yahoo said i need to use ssl to use their smtp server to send emails out, i needed to check this): Check
If the provider wanted me to send out TLS, then I would check that as well - obviously

So everytime an alert happens the following 2 emails go out:
email 1 from: kossboss@yahoo.com
email 1 to: kossboss@yahoo.com

email 2 from: kossboss@yahoo.com
email 2 to: kostia@@email.com

Notice the first email is just a looped back email - its okay to do that.

I hope that helps out everyone figure out the SMTP alert settings

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