Topic: SMTP only with no authentication for Copiers

[yaeld]

Hi,

I'm the only IT at my job and I need to setup a SMTP server to send scanned documents from copiers and also to send logs from other devices. Those devices can use a SMTP with an IP address and no authentication. The email sent will be to various domain ( up to 5 for now).

My though was to find a way to setup a SMTP server or to use a SMTP server relay (I could use my personal google account) to do that.

Is SME made for that?

If yes, could you please guide me to FAQ that would help me set it up?

I have SME installed, set it to Standard SMTP with disabled authentication. Now do I need to setup the SMTP Server with my google account? I did try that but it didn't work.

Thank you for your help and advice.

Regards,
Yael

[Stuart]

Why not just use your ISPs SMTP server.  They usually don't need authentication, and even if they do, just set it up.
Seems silly to setup an SME server just for this.

[JoshuaR]

You don't need to disable SMTP authentication.

From that section of the email settings page:

Relay access is always available on the internal inteface. We recommend leaving this setting Enabled unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise.

I believe your internal subnet should be allowed to relay by default.

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cat /var/service/qpsmtpd/config/relayclients to show you're IP based relay relay settings. (again I'm not 100% sure)

On a side note, if you're running your tests with Outlook, test messages fail when you're configuring the account. It does actually work when you try to send an email properly.


Cheers,
Josh

[yaeld]

the one on my ISP doesn't work either. I have been using jangosmtp but it has its limitation for the free version.

what would be the steps to setup SME to use my gmail account?

[axessit]

In the past i have had problems with photocopiers and printers sending emails as they often don't use proper email form. They can get rejected because they don't have date headers, don't have a from address etc.

You may want to see this thread:-
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,41352.msg192747.html#msg192747

I seem to recall others too but a couple of years ago now.