Okay, so dude has that feature that will email you notifications about the network. And I’ve gotten it up and running just fine.
However, it only allows me to specify the smtp server and an email address for who it’s from. And that’s all fine and dandy if you have an smtp server with no security. But what about a server that requires authentication? Is there any way to supply a password for that account?
No.
So, for that reason, feature “e-mail notification” is COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. Most servers require authentication. Is there possibility to introduce that feature at the future Dude versions?
No idea. It’s really no big deal to setup your own SMTP server…
It’s no big deal to introduce that feature to Dude…
It make no sense to have separate SMTP server only for Dude.
It’s also needed for user manager.
That’s absolutely retarded. Yeah, it may not be hard to set up an SMTP server, but that’s not the issue. Security is. If people figure out your SMTP server, they have free range access to spam the hell out of people using your server. Awfully obvious feature is completely looked over.
I use my primary SMTP server with Dude and no authentication. But the Dude server is running on a private IP address behind the corporate firewall. My SMTP server is setup to allow the sending of messages without authentication from the private IP addresses of my network but require authentication from all public IP addresses. Most SMTP servers allow this configuration of authentication by subnet. Many will allow configuration by individual IP address. This can be done on most servers with just a single LAN port or with multiple LAN ports.