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My email alerts no longer work, and I can't seem to bring them back. I was using Google, but I have an account at SMTP-Pulse that I use for these purposes. It works fine for an ancient Synology Dis...
gunrunnerjohn wrote:
Is there a guide to setting up gmail for the NAS?
Just this:
If you have a google workspace account, then this would also be relevant:
Well, it doesn't tell me much, no matter which email provider I tried, it just says the operation timed out.
Here's the gmail settings.
Mar 02 13:50:40 host=smtpout.secureserver.net tls=on auth=on user=John@will-enterprises.com from=gunrunnerjohn@gmail.com recipients=John@will-enterprises.com,gunrunnerjohn@gmail.com,john@will-enterprises.com smtpstatus=535 smtpmsg='535 Your message wasn?t delivered because your client settings need to be updated to Microsoft Exchange. For more info see https://x.co/client' errormsg='authentication failed (method LOGIN)' exitcode=EX_NOPERM
Here's an attempt using my domain provider's settings.
Mar 02 15:05:54 host=smtp.titan.email tls=on auth=on user=john@will-enterprises.com from=gunrunnerjohn@gmail.com recipients=gunrunnerjohn@gmx.com,johnedwinwill@gmail.com,John@will-enterprises.com,gunrunnerjohn@gmail.com,john@will-enterprises.com errormsg='network read error: the operation timed out' exitcode=EX_IOERR
If you want to try gmail, then make sure you are running at least 6.10.2
Note you might need to create an app-specific password in your google account settings.
I suggest making sure the from address matches the usual address you use for that provider.
Like I said, I'm running Firmware 6.10.10, the current version. Is there a guide to setting up gmail for the NAS?
gunrunnerjohn wrote:
Is there a guide to setting up gmail for the NAS?
Just this:
If you have a google workspace account, then this would also be relevant:
OK, using the App Password was finally the silver bullet. Oddly, I couldn't send the alerts to a different account, it kept filling in the gmail account as well. Finally I just removed the account I was trying to send it to and left it with the gmail account and that nonsense stopped.
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