Glad it works for you Alan. IMAP is enabled, google support page also said that it need to be enabled.

Port 587 per the google support page says it is for TLS and 465 is for SSL. 587 with gmail errors right off the bat for me. 465 just returns Failure sending Mail after a few seconds.

I can telnet connect to smtp.gmail.com 465 from my PC. Something is off but I can't pinpoint what or where it is. It's got to be related to my account settings, I don't think it's an issue with the plug in.

On a brighter note, I did get smpt.mail.yahoo.com to work with port 587 with my Yahoo email. The plugin does work (many Thanks DJ!) Gmail is just being a meany pants to me.

One more observation DJ but I can't right click on the plug in to move to another desktop. And evertime I open a project with this plug in it, it tends to hide from me, behind other items and even "smart arrange" does not bring it to the front. It's like hide and go seek.

Anyone else see that behavior?

Another cool thing you do with this is use it to send messages to your cell phone (if your phone provider give you that options, which I think most do). In America the carrier I have is Verizon, their email address for phones are: [email protected], if you send an email there in any app (not just ARC), it comes through as a regular text message.

You'll need to check with your carrier and your messaging rates would apply if you have that. I know Sprint and ATT in the US have the email to phone as a text messaging option.

Trying to set this up but I get this error;

Start
1: ControlCommand("SMTP Client", Send, "[email protected]", "Bob Houston", "Test", "This is a test message")
> Error on line 1: Failure sending mail.

New to windows 10 and can't find where to check smtp, pop or the imap to see if they are configured properly. I have the Control configured like this:

Also tried changing the SMTP to smtp.outlook.com and got this error;

1: ControlCommand("SMTP Client", Send, "[email protected]", "Bob Houston", "Test", "This is a test message")
> Error on line 1: The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.7.57 SMTP; Client was not authenticated to send anonymous mail during MAIL FROM

I would start by reading the information in the plugin. The link is here: https://synthiam.com/redirect/legacy?table=plugin&id=128

The settings are not on your computer. They are on your google gmail settings. You will have to use a web browser to login to your google gmail account and configure the settings. The web browser is the same program that you use to check your email or use this forum. Once you are in your email on gmail google, you will have to locate the pop3/smtp access settings.

I do not know where the settings are located in the gmail google website. I do not have a gmail account. Or a hotmail account. Or a yahoo account. Or any email account

If anyone who does have those accounts can share information, that would be useful. I'm pretty much useless to answer any questions about third party email servers.

That set me on the right track, thanks DJ, For the Hotmail account i needed; SMTP Server Address - smtp-mail.outlook.com Got it working now, I wish I hadn't spent all that money on a Nest Camera!

@JustinRatliff

If you still want to try to get Gmail working, I would suggest setting up a thick IMAP client like Outlook or another email client. If it works, you know there is an issue with the plugin or you have a typo in the config. If it doesn't work, you know it is your gmail account, but the error message may be more verbose and lead to a solution.

On another note, the phone#@vtext.com wasn't working for me. I did some research and remembered that years ago I had turned on spam blocking to prevent web and email to my phone. If others have a problem, it can be updated here: https://wbillpay.verizonwireless.com/vzw/secure/messageIntercept/messageInterceptHomeSpam.action (you'll need your VZW account logon info) or you can instead send to phone#@vzwpix.com which is really for sending picture messages but also works for text and is not blocked by the VZW spam controls.

I have heard, but have no way to test, that phone#@vtext.com actually works to non Verizon cell phones too.

Alan

@Alan, That is cool, I had not heard about vzwpix.com.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I've read all the related documentation and everything is configured correctly and working with my Yahoo account now. I'm good to go.

Other than the SMTP Client can't be moved to another Desktop and it seems to set to be behind other controls (if I attempt to drag it overtop of another control). Anyone else see this behavior?

I give up on gmail, it's not worth fighting with (for me).