Andrey - thanks - even better would be adding secure connections for email to MLO's. I don't want to have to run another process on my laptop just to send email reminders.
Cheers Mark On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Andrey Tkachuk (MLO) < [email protected]> wrote: > In response to this message about using Gmail for sending MLO > reminder emails: > > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized/browse_thread/thread/ae0449b740adbc9e/ > > qhamel just sent me more detailed instructions (Thanks qhamel!) : > > ------------------------ > Here is a more detailed explanation on how to configure use MLO with > Gmail: > > GMail as your SMTP server > > GMail requires secure connections > > If you want to configure MLO to use GMail as its SMTP server, you will > find that currently MLO does not support secure (TLS/STARTTLS) > connections for email. To work around this, you will need to run > another program (stunnel) to "wrap" MLO's connection to GMail. MLO > will then connect to stunnel, which will connect to gmail. > > Download / Configure stunnel > Download the latest windows Stunnell installer and run the installer. > Install stunnel to the directory C:\Stunnel. > > Inside the c:\Stunnel directory create a text file called > gmailsmtp.txt with the following content (8 lines). > > ; SMTP configuration for Gmail > output = SMTPgmail.log > taskbar = no > cert = stunnel.pem > client = yes > [ssmtp] > accept = 10.0.0.1:8025 > connect = smtp.gmail.com:465 > > Change 10.0.0.1 to your computer's IP address or name. Do not use > "localhost" or 127.0.0.1 as that won't work. The best way is to go to > Control Panel and click on "System" and click on the Computer name > tab. Highlight and copy the full computer name for your PC. > > Open a command prompt (cmd.exe) and navigate to the stunnel install > directory (CD C:\Stunnel). Enter the following 2 commands to run > stunnel as a Windows Service: > > stunnel -install gmailsmtp.txt > net start stunnel > > Now Configure MLO email settings > > Now you need to configure MLO Email Settings to connect to stunnel. > > Your SMTP server: Your computer name you just got off of the computer > name tab > Port: 8025 > Check My server requires Authentication > Userid: your gmail address ([email protected]) > Password: your gmail password > Now press the "Test" button. If you configured everything correctly, a > test email will be sent. This test email will also show up inside your > gmail account in the "Sent Mail" folder. > > qhamel > ------------- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mylifeorganized%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > > > *Mark Levison* | Co-Founder and Consultant - TheAgileConsortium<http://theagileconsortium.com/>| Agile Editor @ InfoQ <http://www.infoq.com/about.jsp> Blog <http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/mlevison>| Office: (613) 761-9821 Recent Entries: Agile Mailing Lists a Survey<http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2009/06/agile-mailing-lists.html%20>, Why use an Agile Coach<http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2009/11/why-use-an-agile-coach.html> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
