Hi Folks,
After some time spend on how to send e-mail notifications to my personal account (SMTP account), I made a setup that works perfectly for me. Hope it can works for you!
Components:
- OS Windows Server 2003 R2
The Dude 3.6
POP3 email account on local server
SMTP email account (Your personal Internet email address)
Outlook Express
Create a rule on Outlook Express
Steps:
- Setup your POP3 email server on Windows Server 2003 R2, I found an example here: http://www.ilopia.com/Articles/WindowsServer2003/EmailServer.aspx
- Create an email account on that POP3 mail server (dude@local.myserver.com)
- Setup your Outlook Express with the email account created on steep #2. Check that you can send and receive emails using that server. Remember that this is a local server; you can send and receive emails only from your network.
- Setup “The Dude” to send notifications to dude@local.myserver.com
- On Outlook Express, change the account created (on servers tab) like this:
Incoming mail (POP3): 192.168.1.100 (The IP address of the POP3 server)
Outgoing mail (SMTP): mail.mydomain.com or smtp.mydomain.com (This is the info of your email account, check that with your provider)
Account name: dude@local.myserver.com
Password: **** (you know it) - Check “My server requires authentication”
- Click on “Settings”
- Mark: “Log on using”
Account name: me@mydomain.com
Password: **** (The password of your personal account) - Create a rule on Outlook Express that:
Where the From line contains: dude@local.myserver.com
Forward it to me@mydomain.com - The END.
One “bad” thing:
- You need to keep Outlook Express opened to receive emails and the “mail rule” makes the job to forward emails received.
Sorry for my bad English. I speak Spanish!
Regards from jungle, Costa Rica.
Adolfo