i need to be able to send a email
I have a program that can send an e mail if there's an alarm. I've tried to use my Gmail account and can't get it to work. All I need is a SMTP account to use to send mail out on. It never needs a...
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Thanks for the help. I had to go into my Gmail account and "allow" it. Now it works.
What I'm doing (for those interested):
I have a driveway alarm that sends a 12 volt signal to the house when a car passes a magnetometer 600 foot down from the house.
I also have a DVR security camera system.
I added a camera to the DVR that gets power only from the magnetometer alarm.
Then I set that cameras channel on the DVR so that when it sees any motion it sends me a email via text to my phone.
Most of the time that camera sends no signal to the DVR (it has no power) so the picture is just black but when a car passes the camera it's powered on and sends an image to the DVR.
The DVR see's that as motion and alarms that channel.
Works great! I now get an email and I can check the DVR from the internet and see who's there.
What I'm doing (for those interested):
I have a driveway alarm that sends a 12 volt signal to the house when a car passes a magnetometer 600 foot down from the house.
I also have a DVR security camera system.
I added a camera to the DVR that gets power only from the magnetometer alarm.
Then I set that cameras channel on the DVR so that when it sees any motion it sends me a email via text to my phone.
Most of the time that camera sends no signal to the DVR (it has no power) so the picture is just black but when a car passes the camera it's powered on and sends an image to the DVR.
The DVR see's that as motion and alarms that channel.
Works great! I now get an email and I can check the DVR from the internet and see who's there.
