SMTP Relay

[zupfox]

Hello,

One of my assignments at work has been to try and get the H2-ECOM100 email to work so that we can start utilizing this on projects. I have been messing around on this, and have made very little headway, but I am learning through failure. It turns out that our email server at work requires more sophisticated authentication than what the ECOM100 can provide. Well, what about Gmail. From what I read, this only works on Do-More processors. Almost all our installations are DL260 processors. What I am looking into now is a good SMTP relay. Something that I can setup on a PC (or maybe a Raspberry Pi or NUC?) and use as an email server that will then pass the email through to a legitimate Gmail (or equivalent) account. I have dabbled in the IT world, but am no where near an pro. I have tried setting up hMailServer on my laptop but haven't had any success getting the emails through that. I am really looking for something "stupid simple". I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thank you,

[franji1]

Are you needing the FROM to be from a gmail account, or do you just need any email account so you can send TO a gmail account?

[Controls Guy]

I'm sure he's taking about the sending account because the recipient wouldn't matter, plus he's talking about authentication issues, at least for his own server.

@zupfox, I don't believe even pre-1.4 Do-Mores will email from a Gmail account, because Gmail uses separate POP and SMTP server urls, but uses POP before SMTP login.  Until 1.4, this was a combination that would confound Do-More.   As of v1.4, Do-More has added the ability to DEVWRITE the POP server IP address, so using Gmail accounts should now be possible, but I haven't tried it yet.

Also note that if you use DNSLOOKUP or other asynch instruction, be sure to put it in a code block that stays enabled until the asynch instruction succeeds or fails.   I learned this by error (not trial & error, just error).