
DE9 Email configuration.
Hi, I'm trying to email pdf documents directly from Dataease. I have set the email configuration to a yahoo account I created for the purpose. I have an icon with a blue spinning gear which I assume means something (hopefully good). I was hoping to use DocumentRun to do the work and have got the pdf creation working but the email doesn't seem to work, and the system gives no clues as to what is going wrong. Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Hi Eric.
We are amending the email function as so many SMTP servers now demand a more secure authentication due to spam etc. SMTP is a fire and forget protocol which is a big problem as people can actually very easily use any server to forward their spam.
Another problem is that based on the header forwarded by your email/smtp your emails might get caught in the spam filter of the recipient.
I had that problem testing it myself as "test" etc. from the same sender obviously was "suspicious" ;-)
Here is the latest increment of the What is New in LE9.
You can download and use that to test these things.
It is basically just a test of new function sample we create for ourselves when developing so don't look to much at the layout etc ;-)
Developers aren't designers....
Thanks for including the whats new files I think I'm on the right lines however even the whats new examples assumes the Email Configuration is valid and this is where I think I'm going wrong. Is there a way I can tell if it is valid ? Do you have a date for the new email update mentioned previously ?
Re:Re:What is New in LE9 sample.
Scroll down to @EmailSend and you will see how the function works.
You will see there is quite a lot of other useful functions in DEOS (DataEase Operating System, which we created in DE9 to include more specialised stuff that shouldn't clog up the function tray in DE).
It will pick up defaults from RDRRAAA.INI if arguments is missing.
The problem is very often picky SMTP servers so you have to get it all correct.
We are working with the new SMTP functionality which will include a test of your settings as well as a AUTO mode where we query the SMTP server to figure out what settings it will need.
Re:Re:Re:What is New in LE9 sample.
GREAT! thx a lot. GLORY TO DataEase team!
Hi,thanks for your help on this one. I've now got it working, I abandoned the yahoo email settings and used my own BT email instead. Bingo! it all started working. I'm looking forward to the new email setup when ts ready.
Re:Re:DE9 Email configuration.
Every major SMTP provider is changing to OAUTH2 which to be honest is a nightmare...like most "secure" things are.
The idea is that servers is supposed to authenticate each other and only receive/forward mail from certified servers.
SMTP is very original and basically has NO security as its based on the original beautiful idea of collaboration - like the international mail network - where all the other postal services forward and deliver mail from the rest without charge as its supposed to be mutually beneficial.
Enter SPAM and cheap stuff from China and people start to think that its maybe not such a good idea.
I have a feeling that it will be a little like security on cars. Only a problem for the owner, the thieves seems to be a step ahead...
We will see when they tighten the strings on the net what happens, so far my spam box is as full as ever...
Our OAUTH2 solution will be ready this spring and it will be "plug and play" like everything we do from now on. We can't expect that the users have to try and fail forever to figure things out, and nobody really read documentation so the best solution is that it just works...