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  • #1
  • First Post: Jan 16, 2008 9:51pm Jan 16, 2008 9:51pm
Hi everyone,
I have started this thread with the hope that I can figure out this issue and this can be also helpfull to some others. My question is about setting up e-mail alerts in MT4. Even though I have read so many things on the web, I could not figure that out. Can anyone tell me the right configuration for the email account and password as follow:

E-mail Address: [email protected] ( this is made up e-mail)
Password: 1234 (this is made up password)

Go to: MT4, Tools, Options, E-mail:

Enable= checked
SMTP server= smtp.mail.hotmail.com ( also tried: mail.hotmail.com ,mail.hotmail.com:25, mx1.hotmail.com)
SMTP Login= [email protected]
SMTP Password= 1234
From= Fx97
To= [email protected]

I have read that hotmail account does not work and also tried gmail account(of course with different settings), however, it did not work out either.

How about getting alert directly to your cell phone ( in USA): Say, for cingular

Phone number= 1234567890 ( this is also used to login their website)
Login= 1234 ( this is also used as password to login into their website)

Enable= checked
SMTP server= CWMX.com (also tried: smtp.cwmx.com, smtp.cwmx.com:25, smtp.mymmode.com:25, smtp.attwireless.net)
SMTP Login= 1234567890
SMTP Password= 1234
From= 1234567890@mobile.mycingular.net ( also used [email protected])
To= 1234567890@mobile.mycingular.net ( also used [email protected])

Your help is highly appreciated....
  • #2
  • Jan 16, 2008 10:02pm Jan 16, 2008 10:02pm
It may be an issue of your internet service provider blocking port 25. You need to call them and make sure that port 25 is enabled for your account.

A number of ISP's are blocking anything coming from port 25 due to security risks.
  • #3
  • Jan 17, 2008 7:06pm Jan 17, 2008 7:06pm
Quoting magnumfreak
It may be an issue of your internet service provider blocking port 25. You need to call them and make sure that port 25 is enabled for your account.

A number of ISP's are blocking anything coming from port 25 due to security risks.

Magnumfreak,
Thanks for information. I did check it out online and see that my ISP blocked port 25. So, I do have two questions:

1) If I asked them to unblock port 25 for my account, will I decrease the security level for my account? ( In fact i do not feel very comfortable about doing that)

2) Do you know any way to solve this issue without unblocking port 25?

Thanks in advance...
  • #4
  • Jan 17, 2008 9:00pm Jan 17, 2008 9:00pm
Quoting Fx97
2) Do you know any way to solve this issue without unblocking port 25?
Changing ISPs

If they won't unblock it for you, that's crap. Call them and ask first.

Can you use your usual email program? i.e. Outlook, Outlook Express, etc

...if so than it's exactly the same as MetaTrader using it and should work.

Maybe your ISP blocks 25 but uses another port number instead. Set up MetaTrader the same if so.

Most of those servers you rattled off would block "relaying". Which means you can't send through them unless you are a physically connected client. An anti-spam measure. Just about ALL mail-servers are like this now.

As an example... I have multiple connections. Depending on where I have my laptop. Home, work etc. I have to select the appropriate outgoing server depending on who I am connected with at that particular time.


Yahoo mail now allows direct access to their servers (with security) on their free accounts. You could set an account up there if you like.

...unless your port 25 really is blocked. Which is, once again, crap! Change ISPs!!

,Bundy
Bundy's status today: "Waiting..."
  • #5
  • Jan 17, 2008 9:12pm Jan 17, 2008 9:12pm
Quoting Fx97
Magnumfreak,
Thanks for information. I did check it out online and see that my ISP blocked port 25. So, I do have two questions:

1) If I asked them to unblock port 25 for my account, will I decrease the security level for my account? ( In fact i do not feel very comfortable about doing that)

2) Do you know any way to solve this issue without unblocking port 25?

Thanks in advance...
Just to be clear.. MT4 is acting as a SMTP client.. Port 25 is the Server port that is being requested. MT4 is making an outbound connection to port 25 on a remote server.. THE SAME THING that outlook express does when it connects to an SMTP server.
I would seriously doubt they are blocking it..Never heard of that..

Now, with that said,
They MIGHT be blocking YOUR port 25, as they dont want YOU running an SMTP server on YOUR OWN machine..
  • #6
  • Jan 17, 2008 9:15pm Jan 17, 2008 9:15pm
Quoting magnumfreak

A number of ISP's are blocking anything coming from port 25 due to security risks.
NOTHING is coming FROM Port 25, you are connecting to Port 25 on the remote server.
Winsock grabs a random port from a pool when the socket is created by the client..and requests Port 25 on the remote server..

This is the way it works.
  • #7
  • Jan 17, 2008 10:12pm Jan 17, 2008 10:12pm
on the first one, try adding a valid email address to the FROM section. I just tested for comcast with no problems. also, the smtp address for hotmail (based on what I see in my account) is smtp.live.com I tried to send an email to my hotmail account and it failed. Check the journal tab to get any error messages that come across.




Quoting Fx97
Hi everyone,
I have started this thread with the hope that I can figure out this issue and this can be also helpfull to some others. My question is about setting up e-mail alerts in MT4. Even though I have read so many things on the web, I could not figure that out. Can anyone tell me the right configuration for the email account and password as follow:

E-mail Address: [email protected] ( this is made up e-mail)
Password: 1234 (this is made up password)

Go to: MT4, Tools, Options, E-mail:

Enable= checked
SMTP server= smtp.mail.hotmail.com ( also tried: mail.hotmail.com ,mail.hotmail.com:25, mx1.hotmail.com)
SMTP Login= [email protected]
SMTP Password= 1234
From= Fx97
To= [email protected]

I have read that hotmail account does not work and also tried gmail account(of course with different settings), however, it did not work out either.

How about getting alert directly to your cell phone ( in USA): Say, for cingular

Phone number= 1234567890 ( this is also used to login their website)
Login= 1234 ( this is also used as password to login into their website)

Enable= checked
SMTP server= CWMX.com (also tried: smtp.cwmx.com, smtp.cwmx.com:25, smtp.mymmode.com:25, smtp.attwireless.net)
SMTP Login= 1234567890
SMTP Password= 1234
From= 1234567890@mobile.mycingular.net ( also used [email protected])
To= 1234567890@mobile.mycingular.net ( also used [email protected])

Your help is highly appreciated....
  • #8
  • Jan 17, 2008 10:27pm Jan 17, 2008 10:27pm
Quoting magnumfreak
on the first one, try adding a valid email address to the FROM section. I just tested for comcast with no problems. also, the smtp address for hotmail (based on what I see in my account) is smtp.live.com I tried to send an email to my hotmail account and it failed. Check the journal tab to get any error messages that come across.
Its my understanding that Hotmail no longer has an SMTP server, or POP3..
I think its been discontinued some time ago..
They want you to send web based only..
In fact, I dont think they EVER had SMTP.. ONLY POP3 at one time..
  • #9
  • Jan 17, 2008 11:05pm Jan 17, 2008 11:05pm
Hi,
First of all, thanks everyone for your posts. It is highly appreciated. I have been reading and trying to solve this issue, however no success yet. Those are the thing I have tried so far:

1) Even thogh I read some articles over the internet regarding comcast blocking port 25 for security reasons, I think it is for only some accounts. It seems like my is npot blocked. I have reached this conclusion after I tried that. I add my gmail account to outlook express and used port 25 as for SMTP server. I was able to communicate to gmail and it tells me that it is not blocked ( Am I making any mistake here?)

*** THis was one of the comment I found over the web
(Gmail would work IF mt4 had the option to select a secure connection, but it does not. I narrowed it down to an SSL problem
So, you (and I, actually) need to find a free email provider that allows smtp access and does not require the security option that gmail does. So, I'm going to try bluebottle)

2) I tried hotmail, but it think it has no SMTP server, or POP3.. just like Ghamm said.

3) I also tried yahoo account, no success there either.

4) I opened new account with bluebottle.com based on the recommendation on the web it says it works. Unfortunately no chance there either.

I am getting crazy here...
  • #10
  • Jan 17, 2008 11:53pm Jan 17, 2008 11:53pm
I wish I would have caught this post a while ago and could have saved you some frustration. I had the same problem using gmail and realized that to send it from my email client...it needed a secure connection so it would be no different then using it for MT.

To ease the hassle.....I just use alertfx dot com. It is free and you can give price alerts and/or a few technical indicator movements. Very nice. Sends an email to my blackberry email and I get it within moments.
  • #11
  • Edited 2:23pm Jan 19, 2008 1:45pm | Edited 2:23pm
Hi everyone,
After spending couple of days and reading so many things last night I got it working. Thanks a lot for your help. Infact, both hotmail and gmail is working fine. I did not try bluebottle yet. However, I have some other problem now that I will mentioned later in this post.

Firt things first. Here is the setup that works:

Go to: MT4, Tools, Options, E-mail:

Enable= checked
SMTP server= smtp.comcast.net (this is my ISP)
SMTP Login= (leave it blank)
SMTP Password= (leave it blank)
From= [email protected] ( or [email protected])
To= [email protected] ( or [email protected])

So, the problem now is I have two laptops, both dell brands, and weird thing is MT4 e-mailing works with one of them but not with other one (not working one's operation system is Windows XP the other one is Windows Vista home, if it has anything to do with that. Additionally I am using Lotus Notes in the one that not working).

Error is: Mail:error connecting to smtp.comcast.net
  • #12
  • Jan 19, 2008 3:39pm Jan 19, 2008 3:39pm
Quoting Fx97
Hi everyone,
After spending couple of days and reading so many things last night I got it working. Thanks a lot for your help. Infact, both hotmail and gmail is working fine. I did not try bluebottle yet. However, I have some other problem now that I will mentioned later in this post.

Firt things first. Here is the setup that works:

Go to: MT4, Tools, Options, E-mail:

Enable= checked
SMTP server= smtp.comcast.net (this is my ISP)
SMTP Login= (leave it blank)
SMTP Password= (leave it blank)
From= [email protected] ( or [email protected])
To= [email protected] ( or [email protected])

So, the problem now is I have two laptops, both dell brands, and weird thing is MT4 e-mailing works with one of them but not with other one (not working one's operation system is Windows XP the other one is Windows Vista home, if it has anything to do with that. Additionally I am using Lotus Notes in the one that not working).

Error is: Mail:error connecting to smtp.comcast.net
I would guess the comcast error is because you do not have your login and password filled in. Try entering those and see if it fixes the problem on the one computer that shows the error. I have to fill in those fields to get it to work for me.
  • #13
  • Jan 19, 2008 4:56pm Jan 19, 2008 4:56pm
Quoting Fx97
Hi everyone,
After spending couple of days and reading so many things last night I got it working. Thanks a lot for your help. Infact, both hotmail and gmail is working fine. I did not try bluebottle yet. However, I have some other problem now that I will mentioned later in this post.

Firt things first. Here is the setup that works:

Go to: MT4, Tools, Options, E-mail:

Enable= checked
SMTP server= smtp.comcast.net (this is my ISP)
SMTP Login= (leave it blank)
SMTP Password= (leave it blank)
From= [email protected] ( or [email protected])
To= [email protected] ( or [email protected])

So, the problem now is I have two laptops, both dell brands, and weird thing is MT4 e-mailing works with one of them but not with other one (not working one's operation system is Windows XP the other one is Windows Vista home, if it has anything to do with that. Additionally I am using Lotus Notes in the one that not working).

Error is: Mail:error connecting to smtp.comcast.net
Keep in mind, that a name and pass is normally needed if YOUR IP address is not on the ISP's network. When its on the same network, The ISP wont generally require a login.
  • #14
  • Jan 19, 2008 9:09pm Jan 19, 2008 9:09pm
Quoting nvwine
I would guess the comcast error is because you do not have your login and password filled in. Try entering those and see if it fixes the problem on the one computer that shows the error. I have to fill in those fields to get it to work for me.

It did not work either... This is my companies ( i am working for them) laptop and I think it is something to do with companies server and lotus notes..
  • #15
  • Last Post: Jan 26, 2008 9:01pm Jan 26, 2008 9:01pm
Quoting Fx97
It did not work either... This is my companies ( i am working for them) laptop and I think it is something to do with companies server and lotus notes..
Hi everyone,
Today I bought desktop and e-mailing works just fine. I think above conclusion was valid...
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