Gmail Configuration

[VaporPhoxxe]

I've tried to set up EzPos email with the settings for POP3 email for Gmail (I have enabled POP in Gmail settings) and it doesn't want to work.
Is there some magic to this or is it not compatible?

[ronaldrwl]

I've only set it up on regular pop accounts (Outlook Windows Live).  It doesn't work with regular web-mail but I know one customer did set it up with gmail and a pop3 account.

[rjsmeyer]

I've got mine set up for gmail, and it works.

This is the way I have it set up to work, on my system, anyway:

Name and Email Address:  self-explanatory
Authentication Method:  "Auth Login"
Username and Password:  self-explanatory
Outgoing Mail:  "mail.(my gmail username).com"
Port Number: 2626 (I think that's mentioned by gmail)
Auto Connect to Internet:  checked
Bind to:  hit the drop-down arrow to choose your IP address (note, this seems to often want to default to "any ip address", which won't work for me)
Encoding:  Western European
Send all message MIME encoded:  checked
Send all messages as HTML:  checked

Anyway, I have had the mail stop working every once in a while, and it seems that it's usually the "bind to" that changes back to the "any ip address" that stops it from working.  Also, somehow the IP address just shows up in there - it's not something I had to add manually.

The emailing of reports is a great feature, though, once you get familiar with it. 

[VaporPhoxxe]

Thanks for the info.

Tried your settings and the gmail suggested settings, no luck
Also tried using Outlook settings with Verizon - nothing.

Keep getting "Couldn't connect to server!" error.

[rjsmeyer]

That is the same error message I've gotten when the "bind to" isn't set to the IP address.  Does the drop-down window there give you an alternative to "any_ip_address"?

You mention Verizon, though - is that who you're service is through?  Mine isn't through any kind of cell service, it's through a cable modem.

[VaporPhoxxe]

I have two addresses to pick from, tried both.
My service is Verizon FIOS, not Verizon cellular.
I'll try some other itterations and see what happens.
Thanks

[freddorais]

rjsmeyer i have use your setting with no success , i alway have '' could not connect to server, Error 10060

Ron can you tell me the signification of such error code, so icould try to fix it .
thx

[ronaldrwl]

"10060 Connection Timed Out" .  It quit trying for some reason.

[rjsmeyer]

First, I humbly apologize for providing the information in my first post NOT for gmail, but for my web server.  No wonder it didn't work for you guys!

However, this will work with gmail - or at least it does on my system.  Rather than the setting I mentioned earlier, I used the following (bolding the parts that are different from my first post):

Name and Email Address:  self-explanatory
Authentication Method:  "Auth Login"
Username and Password:  self-explanatory
Outgoing Mail:  "smtp.gmail.com"
Port Number: 587
Auto Connect to Internet:  UNchecked
Bind to:  any ip address
Encoding:  Western European
Send all message MIME encoded:  checked
Send all messages as HTML:  checked

The differences for the outgoing mail server and port number weren't surprising, of course.  But, for some reason, the IP address that I could toggle on and off with "any ip address" in the "Bind to" field did not match the IP address of the computer I was using, so I left it on "any ip address".  That still didn't work, so I turned off the "auto-connect to internet" - and for some reason that worked!  Maybe Ronald could explain why! 

I think you guys will like that remote email feature.  Though the report is in .txt format and parts can be hard to read, you can get a feel for what's going on by just glancing at it (I have it going off every hour from my remote location), and if you want to make more sense of it (e.g., end of day), it can be easily converted to .csv or .xls format.

[ronaldrwl]

The HTML option looks better than the text only option.  At least it does in OutLook and Windows Live.

[thecaptive]

I use to get reports for the daily sales (years ago), but for some reason that stopped after I update the software. I am again wanting to set this up so I can receive them at the end of the day. When I go into the email setup there is nowhere for me to enter the smtp or any of the other information it will need to send. Not sure what is happening, I know I have done it before. Any ideas?

[ronaldrwl]

No idea.  The Email Setup should have an Outgoing Mail (SMTP) field.  What version# are you using?

[thecaptive]

Version 13, it does open a window showing outgoing email address and password under that it has a (SMTP) field and I entered the SMTP there but don't I have to enter other info like Port, address to etc? I thought I did that in the past and once it was set up all we had to do at the end of the day was click send and I received the report.

[ronaldrwl]

There should be an Outgoing SMTP and Port#.  If not, send support an update request with your business name.