Understanding the Notifications tab settings

Good day to everyone.
I am trying to set up notifications. The top half of the popup window I understand.
Under Actions in the lower half of the window I am stuck.
Reading from left to right,
Visual and sound alert I ticked. then there an long empty box, then a box with 3 dots, then TEST.
The next line down
Run I do not know what it does, and same as above

The last 2 lines again I understand.

I anyone can help, I would be grateful
regards
neil

Visual and sound alert = when ticked:
the long empty box = name of a program to run if the conditions are met
the box with 3 dots = opens up explorer to allow you to browse for the program name to go in the 'long box'
the TEST = a way to run the selected program right now, to make sure that Networx calls it, and it runs, and it produces the visual alert and sound.

Run = same idea

J

PS The 'Run' program could be a .bat that contains a script to send an e-mail, etc. to someone else, i.e. your friend is using your bandwidth and he's just used more that 5GB so the 'Run' on his PC sends an e-mail as an 'instant' alert to you on your PC (as soon as you check your e-mail).

Speaking of which, the latest build of NetWorx comes with built-in email notifications

Very nice Andrew, I must have missed reading about this elsewhere.

J

Ok, I have the latest version 5.3.0 32-bit, I have checked for an update "No new version is available" but I do not have any option under the Notifications tab to send emails. Can someone shed some light on this?

It's not the official release yet, however it can be downloaed here.

You can safely use it as it will become an official release soon.

when i try to configure email settings in says email sending failed

smtp.gmail.com than email address
then typed my username and password

I have seen elsewhere on this site that Gmail is not compatible with WiFi Guard, so perhaps that also applies to NetWorx. I have the same problem with email notification using WiFi Guard, except I'm trying to use the main email from my ISP, Suddenlink. So my SMTP field says smtp.suddenlink.net:25 . Softperfect, any thoughts on why this would not work?

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smtp.gmail.com than email address
then typed my username and password

You need to use the secure connection (TLS) option with gmail.

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So my SMTP field says smtp.suddenlink.net:25 . Softperfect, any thoughts on why this would not work?

Does it work in your regular email client (Outlook or something)?

Try changing the Port from 25 to 587.

J

Did changing the port solve your problem?
Just to be clear, on my system I've configured the e-mail settings as follows:

smtp server.... smtp.ddddddd.com:587
e-mail address nnnnnnnn@dddddddd.com
user name...... nnnnnnnn@dddddddd.com
pwd............... pppppppp
connection...... Regular (or use Regular Port STARTTLS, but don't use Dedicated Port (TLS))

When you select Regular the default port is 25, change it to 587 and then click the [Test] button.
But I don't use Gmail or TLS, so my solution may not work for you. If necessary, check the port expected by Gmail, it may be different from

J

Tried with port 587 but email sending still failed. I am only attempting to use Outlook as my email client - not Gmail. Any other help you can provide is appreciated.

Sorry, no other ideas.

I'd suggested 587 because my e-mail provider made that change for security reasons and when some security software tried to use 25 it was considered as 'forwarding' (I think that was the terminology used).

Maybe you should contact suddenlink and ask them if they have any ideas.

J