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  • #1
  • First Post: Dec 29, 2009 9:22am Dec 29, 2009 9:22am
Hello all and happy holidays,

Ive been looking into setting up mt4 for text message capabilities. I dont really want to pay for this either as there are websites out there that offer free outgoing text messaging.

I'm an alright programmer but I was wondering if anyone here wanted to colaborate on building a bridge using JAVA or something to get MT4 to send text messages via these free sites.

I ve searched the internet and the only viable options ive found so far are skype, which is pretty rediculious price wise, and stmp's which offer texting options on the emails; again at a price.

If any one is interested or if you already have an easier and free way to do this please let me know!
  • #2
  • Dec 29, 2009 9:26am Dec 29, 2009 9:26am
check with your phone carrier many of them have a way of sending an email that gets sent to your phone as a text message. For example, I have Verizon and all I have to do to send a text to my phone is send an email to [email protected]
  • #3
  • Dec 29, 2009 9:31am Dec 29, 2009 9:31am
Works on AT&T too. I use it daily.

They're called "SMS gateways" fyi.
  • #4
  • Dec 29, 2009 10:49am Dec 29, 2009 10:49am
Thanks to all who have replied,

I am trying to setup the mt4 email to for the sms gateway but im unsure on what to put in the other fields, someone wanna help me out...

SMTP server: [email protected]

SMTP Login: ?

SMTP Password: ?

From?

To?

I have no idea where to get the Login or password... any help is gratly appreciated.
  • #5
  • Dec 29, 2009 11:02am Dec 29, 2009 11:02am
Ok, email is comprised of 2 parties. The sender and the receiver.

The receiver uses something like POP3 or IMAP to get email, when you send email to someone like [email protected] it goes to where blah.com stores it's email, the pop3 server on blah.com for instance.

The sender on the other hand needs to send via an SMTP server. This is the server that negotiates with the receiver and figures out how to get stuff sent. When you send an email from your computer all you're doing is sending it to an SMTP server, that sends it on from there.

Now your 10-digit SMS gateway number is the receiver. You need to figure out the sender details. You obviously have an email account somewhere, usually your ISP, they provide an SMTP account. Go into whatever email program you use, outlook, eudora, whatever, and get your SMTP details from it. That will be the same SMTP details you use here.

Here's an image...
http://i48.tinypic.com/jrxsw0.png


ibasics is my smtp server, I've blacked out anything that's sensitive. But you can see how my "to" is my txt.att.net (the sms gateway) addy, and the from is my SMTP details.
  • #6
  • Edited 1:05pm Dec 29, 2009 12:22pm | Edited 1:05pm
Very helpful Rabid,

I got it working now.... Note to those using this documentation for future use, alot of emails such as Gmail cannot be used because of security.

I got this one off of another forum: its gmx.com and here are the settings.

SMTP Server: mail.gmx.com:587
SMTP Login : [email protected]
SMTP Passsword: yourpassword
From: [email protected]
To: wherever you want the email to go.

Thanks to Rabid for his input.

Also when you finish imputing this into the Email options you have to restart Metatrader. Thought I might save you some of the time I wasted!
  • #7
  • Dec 29, 2009 12:47pm Dec 29, 2009 12:47pm
Nod. I believe gmail requires TLS/SSL, and MT4 does not currently support that.

For those struggling to find an smtp account, you can buy a domain at namecheap.com and purchase "pop3 email hosting" that essentially creates an SMTP server (and pop3) for your chosen domain. It's like $30/year ($10 for the domain, $20 for the hosting), so it's pretty cheap.
  • #8
  • Jan 8, 2010 4:15pm Jan 8, 2010 4:15pm
I have a gmx.co.uk account that works just fine with the sinper indicator on my lap top but I can't get it to work on my desk top which has is the alpari uk broker and the indicator i'm using is carmen eyes on that computer.

Not sure why it alerts just fine on the fxcm account but not the alpari??? Same exact settings
  • #9
  • Jan 8, 2010 4:58pm Jan 8, 2010 4:58pm
Quoting tommbstone
I have a gmx.co.uk account that works just fine with the sinper indicator on my lap top but I can't get it to work on my desk top which has is the alpari uk broker and the indicator i'm using is carmen eyes on that computer.

Not sure why it alerts just fine on the fxcm account but not the alpari??? Same exact settings
never mind. Its just like everything else in mt4. After any changes you have to shut down the mt4 and turn it back on again in order to make the new changes available.
  • #10
  • Jan 12, 2010 4:56pm Jan 12, 2010 4:56pm
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Quoting Rbi
Very helpful Rabid,

I got it working now.... Note to those using this documentation for future use, alot of emails such as Gmail cannot be used because of security.

I got this one off of another forum: its gmx.com and here are the settings.

SMTP Server: mail.gmx.com:587
SMTP Login : [email protected]
SMTP Passsword: yourpassword
From: [email protected]
To: wherever you want the email to go.

Thanks to Rabid for his input.

Also when you finish imputing...
I have been able to set it with gmx many thanks for this.

Is there a way to program the indicator that it sends the e-mail only once because I get error message "Mail:450 4.3.2 and see http://portal.gmx.net/serverrules "
I think that it is against spamming or something because the indcicator send the e-mail evrytime once two MA's are crossing and RSI is above or under 50. Since these conditions can be met several times on a open candle, the indi might send endless e-mails untill the next candle opens???
Then the SMTP thinking that I am spamming?
So what progran rule should insert after:
SendMail("Check entry conditions", Symbol());

So that the email is only send one time?
Being right is one, taking it from the table is two.
  • #11
  • Dec 7, 2010 3:49pm Dec 7, 2010 3:49pm
Quoting Rbi
Very helpful Rabid,

I got it working now.... Note to those using this documentation for future use, alot of emails such as Gmail cannot be used because of security.

I got this one off of another forum: its gmx.com and here are the settings.

SMTP Server: mail.gmx.com:587
SMTP Login : [email protected]
SMTP Passsword: yourpassword
From: [email protected]
To: wherever you want the email to go.

Thanks to Rabid for his input.

Also when you finish...
It is working...It is working... Thanks a LOT...
  • #12
  • Dec 10, 2015 7:43pm Dec 10, 2015 7:43pm
esanariam,

Is it still working for you? Do you find that when a signal generates an alert that you receive the email (and in a timely manner, and not delayed so long that the signal passes?)

I have a indi that 'should' be sending email alerts on my MT4 account, but isn't.

When I click the 'test' button under Tools|Options|Email, the test does successfully go to my email account.
My indicators custom inputs "SendEmails" is set to "YES".

Anyone have an idea why the email alerts are not coming through?
The Journal log in MT4 does not indicate if the email was initiated or not, so locating the source of the issue is a bit trickier.

Any idea are much appreciated.
Thank you.
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  • #13
  • Last Post: Aug 29, 2017 4:16pm Aug 29, 2017 4:16pm
SOLUTION:

If people ever ask how to make mt4's email alerts work these days, for example with the proposed gmx.com free email server they need to log into gmx.com Settings to enable "Send and receive emails via external program" and click Save button.

parkkis
Finland
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