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Receiving Email Signals

  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 3, 2008 2:56pm Mar 3, 2008 2:56pm
I have written a short tutorial about setting up your MetaTrader 4 platform to be able to receive email signals. Click here to see the tutorial. Your comments are welcome.

Good Luck,
Al
  • #2
  • Mar 3, 2008 3:10pm Mar 3, 2008 3:10pm
Thanks for taking the time to do this. Now, you need to force people to read it and/or use the search button. LOL!

Thanks again.
  • #3
  • Mar 3, 2008 3:28pm Mar 3, 2008 3:28pm
Why do some people need to use a port number? I have never used one.
  • #4
  • Mar 4, 2008 9:30am Mar 4, 2008 9:30am
But I have this message in the journal: mail: error connecting to smtp.hotmail.com. Can you help me?
  • #5
  • Mar 4, 2008 10:47am Mar 4, 2008 10:47am
Quoting nvwine
Why do some people need to use a port number? I have never used one.
I believe some mail servers restrict you to some special ports for security reasons.
  • #6
  • Mar 4, 2008 10:49am Mar 4, 2008 10:49am
Quoting Bridge
But I have this message in the journal: mail: error connecting to smtp.hotmail.com. Can you help me?
I'm not quite sure if Hotmail supports this feature. Please consult their website to see if they support Pop feature for this specific reason.
  • #7
  • Mar 4, 2008 10:49am Mar 4, 2008 10:49am
Quoting magnumfreak
Thanks for taking the time to do this. Now, you need to force people to read it and/or use the search button. LOL!

Thanks again.
  • #8
  • Mar 4, 2008 11:15am Mar 4, 2008 11:15am
Quoting Bridge
But I have this message in the journal: mail: error connecting to smtp.hotmail.com. Can you help me?
Last I checked you have to use their premium services in order to utilize their smtp/pop servers. If you get your hotmail through outlook then you should check your options in outlook to get the proper address and port numbers. If you don't have that info for hotmail you can always try gmail as they give you the smpt/pop for free.

Aparsai, Thank you for working this up so nicely! I will be sending my friends here.
  • #9
  • Mar 4, 2008 1:39pm Mar 4, 2008 1:39pm
Quoting traderjai_inhi

Aparsai, Thank you for working this up so nicely! I will be sending my friends here.
Thanks very much. I appreciate your positive feedback.
  • #10
  • Mar 4, 2008 4:27pm Mar 4, 2008 4:27pm
Al, Thanks for the answer on the ports. I've only used 4 different SMTP servers so I've never been able to test with one that required a port setting.

Quoting traderjai_inhi
If you don't have that info for hotmail you can always try gmail as they give you the smpt/pop for free.

Aparsai, Thank you for working this up so nicely! I will be sending my friends here.
I have never tried hotmail. I have tried Gmail and I have never been able to get it to work. I have had the best luck with bluebottle when using a free web based SMTP server. There is some discussion about free web based email and Gmail in some of the links in this post. Not nearly as nice as Al's instructions, nor as accurate, but additional thoughts.
  • #11
  • Mar 4, 2008 4:58pm Mar 4, 2008 4:58pm
I have added an automated translator to the website so you can read the same article in other languages. It uses Google Translate and Yahoo Babelfish to translate the text. Here are some samples for the same article. If you know those languages please let me know about the quality of translation:

French

German

Spanish

Italian

Dutch

Greek

Portuguese

Russian

Japanese

Korean

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Unfortunately the Arabic translator didn't work at the time of writing this post.
  • #12
  • Mar 4, 2008 5:42pm Mar 4, 2008 5:42pm
Quoting nvwine
I have never tried hotmail. I have tried Gmail and I have never been able to get it to work. I have had the best luck with bluebottle when using a free web based SMTP server. There is some discussion about free web based email and Gmail in some of the links in this post. Not nearly as nice as Al's instructions, nor as accurate, but additional thoughts.
I actually use Yahoo, and don't usually have any problems. It is only $20 a year for the sever addresses so it really isn't so bad. I have been able to use gmail as well. I thought that you would need outlook or OE but I'm not sure.
  • #13
  • Last Post: Mar 4, 2008 7:57pm Mar 4, 2008 7:57pm
You can use a free email service called bluebottle to receive your emails. Bluebottle is free and they give you all the info for their servers. http://www.bluebottle.com
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