E-Mail Preferences
The E-mail preferences will be used when e-mailing a report from SherWare. You can e-mail a report by marking the option to do so on some of the reports. For other reports you may need to mark the option to send the report to file, then marking the option to e-mail the report. These settings will also be used to send SherWare an email anytime you get an error if you choose to do so.
Mail Server
The address of your mail server. This will be something like "smtp.gmail.com."
E-Mail Account
The name of your e-mail account user. This is case sensitive.
Password
The password to login to your e-mail.
E-Mail Address
The e-mail address that you want e-mails to be sent from.
SMTP Port
The SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Port required for your email service.
Use TLS/SSL
A security feature required by some email programs.
Test E-mail Setup
Click the Test E-Mail Setup button to test that the information entered above is correct. An e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you entered as your e-mail address. If you receive this e-mail then you have set this screen up correctly.
AOL Settings:
Mail Server: smtp.aol.com
E-Mail Account: Full email address (including "@aol.com")
Password: The password you use to login to your AOL email.
E-Mail Address: Full email address (including "@aol.com")
SMTP Port: 587
Use TLS/SSL: This option should be marked
GMAIL Settings:
Mail Server: smtp.gmail.com
E-Mail Account: Full email address (including "@gmail.com")
Password: The password you use to log into your gmail account
E-Mail Address: Full email address (including "@gmail.com")
SMTP Port: 587
Use TLS/SSL: This option should be marked
Hotmail Settings:
1) If you have the option marked to use Hotmail for your provider, it will ask you to save two files to your DMIE folder. If it does not, these are the two files to download and save to your DMIE folder:
www.sherware.com/download/wwdotnetbridge.dll
www.sherware.com/download/wwipstuff.dll
2) Setup your email preferences with the following information:
Mail Server: smtp.live.com
E-Mail: Your e-mail address
Password: The password to log in to your email account.
E-Mail Address: Your email address
SMTP Port:
Use TLS/SSL: This option should be marked
Windstream Settings:
Mail Server: smtp.windstream.net
E-Mail Account: Full email address (including "@windstream.net")
Password: The password you use to log into your Windstream account
E-Mail Address: Full email address (including "@windstream.net")
SMTP Port: 587
Use TLS/SSL: This option should be marked
Yahoo Settings:
Yahoo does not allow you to use outside services for Yahoo email unless you have a premium account. That just means that you have to pay for your email through Yahoo before they will let you email from another program like SherWare. If you do not have a premium account then you will not be able to setup the email preferences in SherWare unless you get another email account. If you do have a premium account then you can setup the preferences with the following.
Mail Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
E-Mail Account: Your Yahoo mail ID without the "@yahoo.com" ending.
Password: The password you use to login to your yahoo email.
E-Mail Address: Your email address. (xxx@yahoo.com)
SMTP Port: 587
Use TLS/SSL: This option should be marked
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