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Send Mail Plugin 1.2.1
Send Mail Plugin 1.2.1
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Thanks to the authors of the simple send-mail client
Ralf S. Engelschall and Davide Libenzi
Thanks to the NP testers for their patience
and usefull ideas and inputs
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1) Prerequisites
This Send Mail Plugin is using simple SMTP clinet
without any authorization features included,
from the authors credited above.
If you need aithorized sendmail, you cann install aditionally
the Simple SMTP from the ssmpt ipk kit. I f sSMTP is installed the
Plugin will support only one mailserver with one mail account.
Some mailservice provider are supporting non authorized or
pre-POP authorized SMTP, which means
after you authorized yourself via PIOP you can send mails
unauthorized from the same IP for a couple of minutes.
This means that this plugin can work also
without installing the sSMTP, but if pre-POP authorization
is used there should be either
a PC in the same homenetwork using the same NATed
ISP IP Adress from your router which is checking
the used mailbox(es) regulary, or you would need
to have also a Mail Checker/Reader Plugin running while using
sendmail on your Dreambox.
Probably you wil also have to try out different mailservers
before finding a working one. If you only find/have
authorized Mailservers then add the sSMTP Send Mail
binary as described above by installing the ssmtp ipk.
But then you will also have
to enter also your mailserver account and
password to the account.lst
and the password.lst file.
Business e-mail servers are typically more restrictive then
consumer ones, so try the later first.
Hopefully the users of this plugin will report over time working
mailservers, so that the mailserver.lst file of this Plugin will
soon contain a usefull list of working mailservers
as a starting point.
2) Installation
Simply copy the enigma2-plugin-extensions-send-mail*.ipk
to /tmp with FTP (TCP/IP must be working already).
If you use an Image that offers a Blue
Pannel Manual Addon Install or a Filemanager which allows
to select and install ipks, then you can use this
functionality to install the ipk file.
If not, then install Sendmail by entering the
following commands in a Telnet session:
cd /
ipkg install /tmp/enigma2-plugin-extensions-send-mail*.ipk
Then restart enigma2 and the Sendmail Plugin
should show up under Games / Plugins.
If you also want/need the sSMTP mailservice authorization
then you have to FTP also the ssmtp*.ipk to /tmp
and install also via BP or by typing in telnet:
cd /
ipkg install /tmp/ssmtp*.ipk
You can remove Sendmail with the red button
in the Plugin List or via telnet:
ipkg remove enigma2-plugin-extensions-send-mail
You can remove sSMTP with the red button
in the Plugin List or via telnet:
ipkg remove ssmtp
3) Usage
After installation you should check the *.lst files
at /etc/send-mail
These Files need to be edited with a Unix conform editor to
contain your mailservers, e-mail adresses, and simple
textstrings for short subjects and mail text bodies
that then can be choosen via the Sendmail Plugin instead of
boring typing with your Remote Control !
When you use the sSMTP for sending your mails you have
to edit also the account.lst and password.lst file.
When using sSMTP the mailserver has to be ALSO edited
into the ssmtp.conf file:
/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
If you mailserver doen't use the default port 25
(because of SSL for example) then change the mailserver
there to to serverort
Use the best working mailserver and your own e-mail
adress as first entry in the *.lst files so that
automatic sending of your IP adress will work,
because then the mail sending wizzard of the
Sendmail Plugin works also by pressing OK multiply
to allow you simply choosing the first entries of the
mailserver/sender/receiver list.
After this *.lst Files Preparation you should
be able to test your mailserver
connectivity with the Send IP once option in the
Sendmail Plugin or by typing:
send-mail.sh once
Check the output to seee if send-mail was able to
send via the first mailserver in the mailserver.lst
an email with your current ISP IP adress (not the one of
the Dreambox) to your own e-mail
account specified as first entry in
sender and receiver list file.
Check your mailbox from a PC if the sending was successfull,
but be aware that the mail from the Dreambox could have ended
up in the junk mail folder because of the non-creative subject!
It is usefully to have your PC mailclient also
running while doing this first mailserver
testing and press send/receive there regulary
to be sure that in case that
pre-POP Authorisation is used this prerequisite is
fullfilled.
If this is the case, then you need also to install and enable
an email receiver or Checker Plugin
to keep Sendmail operative.
In case of using the sSMPT bianry this is NOT needed.
If this mailsending test works, you can try the Sendmail
Plugin also with the normal send mail option.
If you want ot use the Sendmail Plugin to send you an e-mail
with your new IP adress in case this has changed from your
ISP (this Plugin uses traceroute to find out IP of your router)
there has to be also the Cronmanager running. If you are in doubt
install the Cronmanager Plugin to make sure that this is the case.
If you then choose the Send changed IP always feature in the
Sendmail Plugin it will simply add a call to send-mail.sh every
minute to your crontab without further arguments which will
create a standard e-mail if a new IP is found.
If you want ot test this feature simpyl edit the /etc/myip
File with a dummy one, the next time the script then will
run and think that the current IP is different to the previous
one it will send an e-mail with the IP adress.
================================================== ==
Have Fun using Send Mail on your Dreambox !!!
================================================== ==
Send Mail Plugin 1.2.1
================================================== ==
Thanks to the authors of the simple send-mail client
Ralf S. Engelschall and Davide Libenzi
Thanks to the NP testers for their patience
and usefull ideas and inputs
================================================== ==
1) Prerequisites
This Send Mail Plugin is using simple SMTP clinet
without any authorization features included,
from the authors credited above.
If you need aithorized sendmail, you cann install aditionally
the Simple SMTP from the ssmpt ipk kit. I f sSMTP is installed the
Plugin will support only one mailserver with one mail account.
Some mailservice provider are supporting non authorized or
pre-POP authorized SMTP, which means
after you authorized yourself via PIOP you can send mails
unauthorized from the same IP for a couple of minutes.
This means that this plugin can work also
without installing the sSMTP, but if pre-POP authorization
is used there should be either
a PC in the same homenetwork using the same NATed
ISP IP Adress from your router which is checking
the used mailbox(es) regulary, or you would need
to have also a Mail Checker/Reader Plugin running while using
sendmail on your Dreambox.
Probably you wil also have to try out different mailservers
before finding a working one. If you only find/have
authorized Mailservers then add the sSMTP Send Mail
binary as described above by installing the ssmtp ipk.
But then you will also have
to enter also your mailserver account and
password to the account.lst
and the password.lst file.
Business e-mail servers are typically more restrictive then
consumer ones, so try the later first.
Hopefully the users of this plugin will report over time working
mailservers, so that the mailserver.lst file of this Plugin will
soon contain a usefull list of working mailservers
as a starting point.
2) Installation
Simply copy the enigma2-plugin-extensions-send-mail*.ipk
to /tmp with FTP (TCP/IP must be working already).
If you use an Image that offers a Blue
Pannel Manual Addon Install or a Filemanager which allows
to select and install ipks, then you can use this
functionality to install the ipk file.
If not, then install Sendmail by entering the
following commands in a Telnet session:
cd /
ipkg install /tmp/enigma2-plugin-extensions-send-mail*.ipk
Then restart enigma2 and the Sendmail Plugin
should show up under Games / Plugins.
If you also want/need the sSMTP mailservice authorization
then you have to FTP also the ssmtp*.ipk to /tmp
and install also via BP or by typing in telnet:
cd /
ipkg install /tmp/ssmtp*.ipk
You can remove Sendmail with the red button
in the Plugin List or via telnet:
ipkg remove enigma2-plugin-extensions-send-mail
You can remove sSMTP with the red button
in the Plugin List or via telnet:
ipkg remove ssmtp
3) Usage
After installation you should check the *.lst files
at /etc/send-mail
These Files need to be edited with a Unix conform editor to
contain your mailservers, e-mail adresses, and simple
textstrings for short subjects and mail text bodies
that then can be choosen via the Sendmail Plugin instead of
boring typing with your Remote Control !
When you use the sSMTP for sending your mails you have
to edit also the account.lst and password.lst file.
When using sSMTP the mailserver has to be ALSO edited
into the ssmtp.conf file:
/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
If you mailserver doen't use the default port 25
(because of SSL for example) then change the mailserver
there to to serverort
Use the best working mailserver and your own e-mail
adress as first entry in the *.lst files so that
automatic sending of your IP adress will work,
because then the mail sending wizzard of the
Sendmail Plugin works also by pressing OK multiply
to allow you simply choosing the first entries of the
mailserver/sender/receiver list.
After this *.lst Files Preparation you should
be able to test your mailserver
connectivity with the Send IP once option in the
Sendmail Plugin or by typing:
send-mail.sh once
Check the output to seee if send-mail was able to
send via the first mailserver in the mailserver.lst
an email with your current ISP IP adress (not the one of
the Dreambox) to your own e-mail
account specified as first entry in
sender and receiver list file.
Check your mailbox from a PC if the sending was successfull,
but be aware that the mail from the Dreambox could have ended
up in the junk mail folder because of the non-creative subject!
It is usefully to have your PC mailclient also
running while doing this first mailserver
testing and press send/receive there regulary
to be sure that in case that
pre-POP Authorisation is used this prerequisite is
fullfilled.
If this is the case, then you need also to install and enable
an email receiver or Checker Plugin
to keep Sendmail operative.
In case of using the sSMPT bianry this is NOT needed.
If this mailsending test works, you can try the Sendmail
Plugin also with the normal send mail option.
If you want ot use the Sendmail Plugin to send you an e-mail
with your new IP adress in case this has changed from your
ISP (this Plugin uses traceroute to find out IP of your router)
there has to be also the Cronmanager running. If you are in doubt
install the Cronmanager Plugin to make sure that this is the case.
If you then choose the Send changed IP always feature in the
Sendmail Plugin it will simply add a call to send-mail.sh every
minute to your crontab without further arguments which will
create a standard e-mail if a new IP is found.
If you want ot test this feature simpyl edit the /etc/myip
File with a dummy one, the next time the script then will
run and think that the current IP is different to the previous
one it will send an e-mail with the IP adress.
================================================== ==
Have Fun using Send Mail on your Dreambox !!!
================================================== ==