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Title: Problems with email notification
Post by: Lost in Windows on February 28, 2008, 12:24:55 PM
I am trying to set up the email notification on the DNS-323. I called our ISP and they do require authentication. I have set up my email username and password several different ways such as username and username@isp.com but when I attempt to test I just get a message that says the email test failed. There is no additional information. Is there a log file I can check or does anybody have a suggestion for a troubleshooting process that I can go through?
My ISP does not require Secure connection via SSL or any other way. The email account is a standard pop3/smtp. I have the mail server name correct.

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: fordem on February 28, 2008, 04:03:00 PM
The email user name is entered as <username>, the sender & receiver emails are entered as <username@isp.com> - for this to function, the DNS-323's LAN settings must be correctly entered including DNS & gateway.
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: Lost in Windows on February 29, 2008, 12:48:45 PM
I have verified the settings. Everything is set correctly. When I try a test message I get a pop up box that says the test message failed. Is there a way to analyze this more? Is there a log? What steps can i take to troubleshoot this problem?
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: D-Link Multimedia on February 29, 2008, 01:19:41 PM
I just setup email notifications on 1.04 firmware in our test lab and I AM receiving the email when I click test as well as a successful message. There is no log file available on the DNS-323. You can PM me your settings(minus your password) and I can tell you if I see anything wrong.

Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: Lost in Windows on February 29, 2008, 01:37:00 PM
Can I attach an image?
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: Lost in Windows on March 03, 2008, 12:38:18 PM
Here is how the Email is configured:
Login Method: Account
Username: ayhch
Password: xxxxxxxx
SMTP Server: smtp.telus.net
Sender Email: dns323@telus.net
Receiver Email: don@myemail.com

Not for the Sender email I have tried about 5 different things including the ayhch account which fully qualified is ayhch@telus.net. I have talked to our ISP and they say that they do not accept anonymous requests.
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: mcduarte2000 on March 04, 2008, 01:35:03 PM
A dumb question... Did you already tried this configuration on a mail program to see if it works?

For example, maybe your password is wrong? Or maybe your username is wrong?

I know this sounds stupid, but, for example, on my ISP, the username is always something like bla@bla.com...

I can also confirm on my unit email is working... So it's clearly not a DNS-323 problem.
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: D-Link Multimedia on March 04, 2008, 05:31:15 PM
Here is how the Email is configured:
Login Method: Account
Username: ayhch
Password: xxxxxxxx
SMTP Server: smtp.telus.net
Sender Email: dns323@telus.net
Receiver Email: don@myemail.com

Not for the Sender email I have tried about 5 different things including the ayhch account which fully qualified is ayhch@telus.net. I have talked to our ISP and they say that they do not accept anonymous requests.

I agree with the user above. Have you tried these exact settings in a mail client Like outlook? Did you verify with Telus that they are using standard SMTP port 25 for outgoing and no Encrypted authentication?
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: Lost in Windows on March 04, 2008, 09:23:12 PM
I use this email every day. I know what the password is and I know how the ISP configures it. my username is username not username@isp.com although I did try that. My frustration is that the 323 simply says  Test failure. Gee thanks for an informative answer. I have used this ISP for 10 years. Yes they use port 25 for smtp and no authentication or SSL.

How can I prove that the problem is not the 323? I tried this scenario on on firmware 1.03 and 1.04.
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: Lost in Windows on March 05, 2008, 05:03:11 AM
The idea of pinging from the 323 makes sense. I don't know if I can telnet to the 323. I will try in a few hours and see if I can figure out how. I don't know if I will need an account to telnet to the 323.
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: FastM on March 05, 2008, 08:10:39 AM
Here is how the Email is configured:
Login Method: Account
Username: ayhch
Password: xxxxxxxx
SMTP Server: smtp.telus.net
Sender Email: dns323@telus.net
Receiver Email: don@myemail.com

Not for the Sender email I have tried about 5 different things including the ayhch account which fully qualified is ayhch@telus.net. I have talked to our ISP and they say that they do not accept anonymous requests.

I think your problem is with the "Sender Email"

It should be your exact email address of that account and not dns323@xxx

edit, well after writing this i tried it on mine,changed my sender email to DNS323@xxxx.ca and the test email came through okay. so maybe its not your issue but i would still try it.
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: Lost in Windows on March 05, 2008, 12:15:21 PM
 Login Method : Account
      User Name :   ayhch@telus.net
      Password :   xxxxxxxx
  SMTP Server :   smtp.telus.net
  Sender E-mail :   ayhch@telus.net
  Receiver E-mail :   dbrwc@telus.net

The above results on a test fail. I also set the account as ayhch which is the way that telus sez to configure your account name in OE or Outlook.

Is there a way that I can telnet to the DNS? Then I could ping the smtp server on port 25 to verify.
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: fordem on March 05, 2008, 03:49:30 PM
Post what you have as LAN settings - those settings can also cause problems sending email
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: D-Link Multimedia on March 05, 2008, 04:47:27 PM
Post what you have as LAN settings - those settings can also cause problems sending email

Yes. If you have verified the settings in a 3rd party mail client and they are working correctly it is very possible that your DNS-323 DNS settings are incorrect and it can not resolve the mailserver at telus. Please post All lan settings including DNS settings.

Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: ripsnorter on August 27, 2010, 09:31:31 PM
I was having trouble getting email alerts to work on DNS-323 with firmware 1.08. I tried all the suggestions above with to and from emails the same, and using ISP email etc. None worked.

However, then I used the IP address for my mail server - SUCCESS!
 ;)
Title: Re: Problems with email notification
Post by: MrBOFH on August 28, 2010, 09:06:24 AM
I've ran into a similar issue last week. It wasn't the 323 but the settings on my mail server that caused the issue. as I discovered by checking the mail server logs.

To the OP, any chance you can get a look at the mail server logs to see why the connect failed? It will probably go a long way into pointing you in the right direction.