Cannot get email from NAS...firewall settings?

Feb 27, 2007 4 Replies

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Warren, John 19 years ago

I have a NAS that allows for errors to be emailed and I decided to use GMail. However, it doesn't seem to be sending the emails. I suspect that my router's firewall is blocking the port. I would like to know what is the most secure way to get the emails out. I guess I need to open the port listed below ONLY for outgoing and ONLY for (an IP, a MAC addr?) but how do I do this?

Here are the settings and where I found them: smtp.gmail.com port: 465 or 587 snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com

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THANKS

John

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chris 19 years ago

Why not just send them via your local smtp server as you would any other emails?

Chris.

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Wolfgang Kueter 19 years ago

Because he does not run one?!

Wolfgang

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chris 19 years ago

So he never sends regular emails?

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Wolfgang Kueter 19 years ago

^^^^^

I assume he sends mails and might use a remote mail server to do it. Most of our customers use our mail servers, only a small part runs their own local mail server. Using the mail server of ones ISP has been common practice for decades and I would not regard that as a local one. Well, and if any of our customers does, I have to talk seriously with him . ;)

Wolfgang

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