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  • #1
  • First Post: Jun 12, 2007 2:01pm Jun 12, 2007 2:01pm
please help

i still cannot receive an alert..
using pop.gmail.com

could someone help me ?? thanks
  • #2
  • Jun 12, 2007 2:35pm Jun 12, 2007 2:35pm
Quoting oei168
please help

i still cannot receive an alert..
using pop.gmail.com

could someone help me ?? thanks
you cannot use gmail for your email alerts

open a free email account at bluebottle.com

and setup the email as:

SMTP server: mail.bluebottle.com
SMTP login: [email protected]
SMTP password: ********
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]

Hope this can help you
  • #3
  • Jun 12, 2007 11:32pm Jun 12, 2007 11:32pm
thanks for the information..

and another question is.. if i want to use EA and it need me to have a POP3 account.. so they can send me a signal.. so i still can use the bluebottle ?? or gmail ?
how to set it up ?

thanks
  • #4
  • Aug 12, 2007 12:33pm Aug 12, 2007 12:33pm
Thanks for the info above Kihl.

I tried Bluebottle.com and the SMTP server info on all 3 of my websites and still cannot get it to connect.

Any ideas?

Thanks...MG
  • #5
  • Nov 19, 2007 8:30pm Nov 19, 2007 8:30pm
Quoting Matrixxdg
Thanks for the info above Kihl.

I tried Bluebottle.com and the SMTP server info on all 3 of my websites and still cannot get it to connect.

Any ideas?

Thanks...MG
Is thie thread dead? Having the same problem and can't get it to work either. I've tried yahoo, gmail, bluebottle, and sbcglobal. I'm at a loss at this point. Any further help is appreciated.
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  • #6
  • Nov 19, 2007 8:57pm Nov 19, 2007 8:57pm
MT4 only uses SMTP, so there shouldn't be a way for an EA to use a POP account. As for SMTP not working for you, bluebottle not working is weird. It may have something to do with your actual ISP. Before calling them, get out of MT4 and try setting the email up in outlook or your preferred email client. Test it to see if SMTP traffic is getting through bey sending an email to itself.

If the email client does not work, it is not an MT4 issue but something on your ISP side most likely. If the email works on your client, try completely uninstalling MT4 and reinstalling it. Then try using metatrader to send a regular alert to yourself with the alerts tab in the bottom.

Here is a thread on configuring it correctly and sending alerts.

If the regular alert works. It is a problem in your EA coding.

Trying all of this should atleast narrow down where the problem is.
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  • #7
  • Nov 19, 2007 9:01pm Nov 19, 2007 9:01pm
Quoting Vensik
MT4 only uses SMTP, so there shouldn't be a way for an EA to use a POP account. As for SMTP not working for you, bluebottle not working is weird. It may have something to do with your actual ISP. Before calling them, get out of MT4 and try setting the email up in outlook or your preferred email client. Test it to see if SMTP traffic is getting through bey sending an email to itself.

If the email client does not work, it is not an MT4 issue but something on your ISP side most likely. If the email works on your client, try completely uninstalling MT4 and reinstalling it. Then try using metatrader to send a regular alert to yourself with the alerts tab in the bottom.

Here is a thread on configuring it correctly and sending alerts.

If the regular alert works. It is a problem in your EA coding.

Trying all of this should atleast narrow down where the problem is.
Thanks Vensik! I'll try all of these options. I appreciate the response!
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  • #8
  • Nov 19, 2007 9:45pm Nov 19, 2007 9:45pm
Hope it helps, it is a valuable tool.
The basis of a democratic state is liberty. ~ Aristotle
  • #9
  • Nov 19, 2007 9:51pm Nov 19, 2007 9:51pm
Quoting Vensik
Hope it helps, it is a valuable tool.
Got it working- thanks! Now I just need to make sure the coding in the EA is correct. Suppose I'll wait for a signal and pursue it on that thread if I have any probs. Thanks again!
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  • #10
  • Dec 11, 2007 11:09am Dec 11, 2007 11:09am
Contrary to popular belief and many of the postings on this site, you can send email alerts from MT4 to Gmail accounts. There is no need to put a port number, just your SMTP. In this case, I have given you my SMTP as an example. No login required, just the Gmail account you're sending to. See the picture for specifics.

Cheers.
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  • #11
  • Dec 11, 2007 3:44pm Dec 11, 2007 3:44pm
Quoting slade15342
Contrary to popular belief and many of the postings on this site, you can send email alerts from MT4 to Gmail accounts. There is no need to put a port number, just your SMTP. In this case, I have given you my SMTP as an example. No login required, just the Gmail account you're sending to. See the picture for specifics.

Cheers.
i plus this answer, if you have an ISP, you can use his SMTP server and send alert to whoever you want (that includes your gmail adress )
  • #12
  • Edited 6:46am Dec 19, 2007 6:34am | Edited 6:46am
I got it
  • #13
  • Dec 19, 2007 6:46am Dec 19, 2007 6:46am
I don't think anyone meant you cannot recieve email alerts at a gmail account. You can send the alerts to any email.

The point was you need smtp not pop3 (as gmail is) to Send email alerts from.
Unless Gmail has changed since last I looked, they do not offer an SMTP server.
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  • #14
  • Last Post: Dec 30, 2007 4:38pm Dec 30, 2007 4:38pm
As far as I know POP3 is for incoming...SMTP is for outgoing...which is what we all set in out mail clients (outlook etc) when setting them up

popmail.ispmail.whatever
smtp.ispmail.whatever

or variations of the above.

Cheers

I'm certainly not too keen of putting my mail password into a 3rd party software though...
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