To configure a camera to send emails on trigger events, the camera needs to have access to an SMTP server.
(SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
The mailserver needs to be a plain SMTP server that usually uses port 25 (default SMTP port)
Some ISP's (Internet Service Provider) specify a different port. Check with your ISP.
If the mailserver is a SMTPS one, (SMTP connections secured by SSL) it will not work, as the camera does not support SMTPS servers.
SMTPS uses default port 465.
To configure the camera:
In the Setup>Network >Advanced tab:
In the 'mailserver' field, it's easiest to specify the mailserver by it's IP address. (For example: 213.75.63.13 )
You can specify the name (FQDM or Fully Qualified Domain Name) of the mailserver (for instance mail.kpnmail.nl) , but then you MUST make sure, the 'nameserver' field contains a valid nameserver IP address. This MUST be an IP address only.
You also need to look at the 'from' field. The default is specified as <cam name>@<IP addr>
This expands to a 'from' field like, for instance: IQEYE1A0E64@192.73.220.145
This format may not be accepted by the SMTP server.
It's better to specify a valid domain name in the 'domain' field, for instance 'iqeye.com'
If you then change the 'from' field to <came name>@<domain name> the resulting 'from' address will be IQEYE1A0E64@iqeye.com and that format is fine for most SMTP servers.
Most SMTP servers do NOT require any username/password, provided you access the SMTP server from a network that belongs to the ISP that runs the SMTP server. (Accessing the server from the 'inside') Accessing your own SMTP server from the public internet usually is blocked, to prevent spammers to abuse the SMTP server. (Accessing the server from the 'outside')
Some ISP's allow access to the SMTP server from the public internet with credentials.
However, often it is not possible to access your SMTP server from the public internet at all. Check with your ISP.
Once the email configuration is completed, you can specify the triggers that need to be email in
In the Setup>Event>Destination tab:
Specify 'send': images, video or images+video
Specify 'recipient(s): a valid email address to send the recordings to.
Separate multiple email addresses by spaces or commas.
You can use the 'Test Event' button to verify.
In the 'status' field, you should see 'email status: Success' as shown below:
