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Help wanted in configuring E-Mail Alerts in Dashboard using NV+
Hi Guys, I have a topic open concerning recovery of Admin Password but ive resolved that and rather than add to it with this query I have opened a new topic as its kinda different. Hope this is the r...
Hi Stephen, Thats great. Thanks. Quick question out of curiosity. Why does my nas need my e-mail password ? is that some anti spam thing ?
JohnDoe2016 wrote:
Hi Stephen, Thats great. Thanks. Quick question out of curiosity. Why does my nas need my e-mail password ? is that some anti spam thing ?
You are sending the email using your yahoo account, and Yahoo (like most mail providers) won't allow anonymous use of their smtp server. That does help reduce spam (and worse - fraudulent email).
There is a new concept (called an authorization protocol) where you authorize the sender w/o giving it the password (which is an authentication method, not an authorization method). That uses a protocol called OAUTH. With authorization, the sender uses an app-specific "access token" which is not the same as your yahoo password. The NAS doesn't support OAUTH though.
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