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IP Camera email?

I am trying to set up my IP Camera to send email when it detects motion. It requires the following inputs: SMTP Login Name (I assume this is my xxxx@gmail); SMTP Password (I assume this is my gmail password); SMTP (mail) Server (I assume this is smtp.googlemail.com); Return Email Address (I assume I can put my xxx@gmail.com address); Recipient Email Address (I assume I can use the gmail address again) and finally; SMTP Port (which I use 465 or 587 as requested by Google). How come when I test this I get a TEST FAIL. Do I need to open that port in my firewall? Any other suggestions?

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1. Sounds like your setup is a little different than mine (you can specify your SMTP port, which I wasn't able to). You're on the right track, but my guess is that your camera, like most, doesn't provide SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption. Google requires this. You'll have to download a tiny program, called Stunnel (thank you to the fine folks who created this and made it open source; the world owes you!) Here's the link to the .exe files: http://www.stunnel.org/download/binaries.html Install it, and open the file "stunnel.conf" in notepad. You don't need most of the stuff in there, so you can comment out the protocol for pop3 and imaps. You will need these lines: client = yes [ssmtp] accept = 25 connect = smtp.gmail.com:465 Actually, in your case you could change "accept" to 465, since you can specify the port your camera e-mails on. I had to use the default of 25, since the geniuses at TrendNet didn't give me any other option (25 is blocked by just about everyone these days). After you make these changes, run Stunnel (you can also set it to run as a service so that it starts every time Windows does. You're not done yet, though. You'll have to change the server in your camera settings from gmail's to the IP of your computer. Why? Because you'll need to send the e-mail from the camera to your computer first, where Stunnel will grab it and reroute it securely to gmail. If you don't know your computer's IP, grab it using ipconfig from the command prompt (available under Accesories in the Win XP start menu. I pray that works for you. I was thrilled when that test e-mail finally went through. Oh, and by the way TrendNet, I'll accept my payment anytime for figuring out a workaround to the TV-IP312W camera's issues. Just drop a couple thousand in my paypal account. 'Preciate it.