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    • M
      MTBHuw last edited by

      Hi, I'm trying to get an email notification set up for one of my sensors. I'm experimenting (on my desk at the moment!) with a HC-SR04 sensor so that I can measure water level in a tank. The sensor is working fine, and sending consistent readings to My Controller via my Serial Gateway.

      I would like it to send me an email when the water level reaches a threshold of "x"cm. I've set this up in Rules with Condition Type "threshold", trigger when value from sensor is >=50cm. Then under Operations, I've asked it to email me this.

      I assume I need to set up the email account, SMTP etc under Settings, which I've tried, but I keep getting a "400: Bad Request" when I test the connection. I'm trying to use my gmail account with the following settings:

      smtp.gmail.com
      Port : 465
      From address : my gmail
      SSL Enabled
      Use SSL chosen
      My username and password.

      Any help appreciated again.

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      • jkandasa
        jkandasa @MTBHuw last edited by

        @mtbhuw Your setup should be looking as follows,
        0_1509974679464_38e5359b-8180-442d-9fdc-6c0ef47e8aea-image.png

        Do you see any warning message on your email? You have to allow this device.

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          MTBHuw last edited by

          Hi, yes that's how I have it set up in My Controller. I've also set gmail to allow "less secure apps". I was getting the "400: Bad Request" message but as I type this and retrying the Test Connection, it seems to be working now. I'll try it out....

          Thanks.

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            iahim67 last edited by

            Hi, MyController (1.0.0) is a great job:-), works with smartsleep very well so far.
            I am trying to set up a gmail notification, does not work with the settings above however.
            When I press the test button I get the 400 error ... the respective gmail account is configured for low security.
            Has google changed something in between?
            Is gmail still working for you guys?
            Thanks ...

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              iahim67 @iahim67 last edited by

              Just need to add: I am running Mycontroller on Windows 10 for now, could that be the reason I'm not able to get gmail notification working?

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              • jkandasa
                jkandasa @iahim67 last edited by

                @iahim67 Can you list complete error details?

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                  iahim67 last edited by

                  I get this when I hit the "test connection" button

                  0_1513013852027_58b7f877-50d8-4ea5-ada4-bf59bf0c15cf-image.png

                  (0_1513013883038_8cd84dd6-10a7-40e0-9f89-4bf7fa215c3b-image.png

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                  • jkandasa
                    jkandasa @iahim67 last edited by

                    @iahim67 Can you test with SMTP port as 465 and Use SSL and user name with @gmail.com

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                      iahim67 last edited by

                      I did that already with the same result ... then I tried STARTTLS & 587.

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                        Tag MOD last edited by Tag

                        Hi!,

                        Are you able to "ping" the server from the command line?

                        You should see the output like below

                        # ping smtp.gmail.com
                        PING gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com (108.177.126.108) 56(84) bytes of data.
                        64 bytes from 108.177.126.108: icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=13.4 ms
                        64 bytes from 108.177.126.108: icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=15.7 ms
                        64 bytes from 108.177.126.108: icmp_seq=3 ttl=44 time=104 ms
                        64 bytes from 108.177.126.108: icmp_seq=4 ttl=44 time=73.2 ms
                        64 bytes from 108.177.126.108: icmp_seq=5 ttl=44 time=41.1 ms
                        64 bytes from 108.177.126.108: icmp_seq=6 ttl=44 time=37.7 ms
                        64 bytes from 108.177.126.108: icmp_seq=7 ttl=44 time=50.8 ms
                        ^C
                        --- gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com ping statistics ---
                        7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6009ms
                        rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 13.407/48.175/104.992/29.960 ms
                        

                        Can you check if there are no spaces in the servername field in mycontroller itself?

                        Port 587 is the TLS port, try to disable SSL and use port 25
                        does that work?

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                          iahim67 last edited by

                          Yes, seems I am able to ping the server:

                          0_1513101041832_cdc7c1e2-1e03-4a36-9eeb-bcef4f06a973-image.png

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                            Tag MOD @iahim67 last edited by

                            @iahim67

                            okay that is good so we know we can at least connect to the server.

                            How about disable SSL and use port 25? does that work?

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                              iahim67 last edited by

                              same error:

                              0_1513105749868_0f6389df-9cb8-469e-a5f2-88fc8b293db8-image.png

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                                iahim67 last edited by

                                One more thing to note, perhaps it helps: I am using Domoticz in parallel and I can send email notifications from Domoticz, the following does work:

                                0_1513105918431_a7102aee-7238-4394-8647-10ff7508c126-image.png

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                                • jkandasa
                                  jkandasa @iahim67 last edited by jkandasa

                                  @iahim67 can you investigate on network response?

                                  right click on MyController page, select Inspect also check mycontrollor.log is there any error?

                                  0_1513132151180_email-status.png

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                                    iahim67 last edited by

                                    I get this:

                                    0_1513182040082_0e4c9ea9-9e7f-4865-984c-fbeb63f9def9-image.png

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                                    • skywatch
                                      skywatch @iahim67 last edited by

                                      Did this get resolved? I am having the same issue now.

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                                      • jkandasa
                                        jkandasa @skywatch last edited by

                                        @skywatch I do not see any issue with email setup. Are you getting 400? can you post mycontroller.log when you perform this action?

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                                        • skywatch
                                          skywatch @jkandasa last edited by

                                          @jkandasa THanks - The pi mycontroller is running on has ssmtp installed and this works for sending cron messages etc.
                                          I tried to ping my isp mail server with no response (but also got no response from a win10 machine either) yet mails are working as far as I can tell.
                                          I have to get Mum from the hospital now so will try again later when I have time.

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                                          • skywatch
                                            skywatch @skywatch last edited by

                                            @skywatch Emails working fine for me now 🙂

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