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  • #21
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  • May 22, 2011 11:34pm May 22, 2011 11:34pm
I've created a dll that sends email with/without attachment to gmail
For sure you can use it with hotmail/yahoo etc.

Setup

Copy the dll to the MetaTrader_Path/Experts/Libraries folder.
Copy the xpMail script to MetaTrader_Path/Experts/Scripts folder.

These are the xpMail inputs:

Server
For gmail we are using "smtp.gmail.com"

User
Enter your gmail user name. Ex: [email protected]

Pass
Enter your gmail password.

Port
The server port. For gmail keep the port 465

UseSSL
Does the server use SSL. for gmail keep it = true

Authenticate
Does the server use authentication. for gmail keep it = true

From
The sender that appears in your gmail. ex: [email protected]

To
The email that yo'u send to. usaually your gmail email. ex: [email protected]

CC
Set it if you want to send a copy of the email to another email

BCC
Set it if you want to send a blind copy of the email to another email

Subject
Email subject

Body
Email body. You can use html tags (ex: <br>)

AttachFile
Set it to the path of the file you want to attach to your message.

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  • #22
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  • May 23, 2011 8:59pm May 23, 2011 8:59pm
Any feedback?

Quoting CodersGuru
I've created a dll that sends email with/without attachment to gmail
For sure you can use it with hotmail/yahoo etc.

Setup

Copy the dll to the MetaTrader_Path/Experts/Libraries folder.
Copy the xpMail script to MetaTrader_Path/Experts/Scripts folder.

These are the xpMail inputs:

Server
For gmail we are using...
  • #23
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  • May 25, 2011 10:33am May 25, 2011 10:33am
Use the following for gmail SMTP server directly within the mt4

gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com

I don't know how barry finds out about these things. Dont know how long it will be good for; perhaps google realized that not everyone could use the older authentication methods.

Hope this works.
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  • #24
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  • May 31, 2011 12:27pm May 31, 2011 12:27pm
Hi guys, this is my first post. woohooo :-)

I just wanted to let you know about an additional alert tool we can all use in combination with the email alerts. I was searching for a sms alternative for a while now and for people not having free SMS services (like moi), I found the Notifo app to be very useful. You will need an iphone for it at the moment, but I believe support for the other smartphones is on the way.

So basically it is a push notification app that can be linked to specific emails. So using a gmail filter to forward the MetaTrader alert email to notifo, you will get an instant push notification ( iphone users know what I am talking about :-) . It does have a small delay.....like 3-5 seconds, but hey it is free!

I'm not sure if I am allowed to put a link in here, but here is help on how to set email forwarding in notifo and get the push notifications.

http://blog.notifo.com/new-push-email-feature
  • #25
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  • Jun 1, 2011 11:11am Jun 1, 2011 11:11am
Any other ideas that may get this to work???



Quoting ybfjax
Use the following for gmail SMTP server directly within the mt4

gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com

I don't know how barry finds out about these things. Dont know how long it will be good for; perhaps google realized that not everyone could use the older authentication methods.

Hope this works.
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  • Jun 1, 2011 11:55am Jun 1, 2011 11:55am
What started out as a very good thread has lately become something else where everybody seems to think they are more clever than the last guy. Complex and impractical do not equal cleverness.

Stick to the advice of Zen and you won't have any problems.
  • #27
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  • Jun 1, 2011 5:48pm Jun 1, 2011 5:48pm
Quoting tommbstone
does anyone have a working port for gmx mail?
mail.gmx.com:587 no longer working says:
2011.05.16 22:41:50 Mail: login to mail.gmx.com:587 failed


was working fine but just stopped
I'm still hoping for an answer to this post since I had to dump my MT4 and reload it the gmx:587 port is no longer working.

Anyone have a working port?
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  • Edited 9:22am Jun 2, 2011 4:31am | Edited 9:22am
Quoting dread
Any other ideas that may get this to work???
so it didnt work? worked from my vps just fine. but i only tried it twice. i use the email provided with vps.

edit: I just tested again with 2 different MT4 terminals (one demo, one live acct) with two different brokers and my method I listed in this post for gmail worked perfectly.

After properly filling out all the details, perform a test message, look at your journal and see if the message was sent successfully. Then go to your gmail account (the one you used the username/password for) and check the sent mail to see if the test message was sent. Then check the destination email box to verify you received the message. If you don't see it in the inbox, check the spam or archive folder.
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  • #29
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  • Jun 14, 2011 2:07am Jun 14, 2011 2:07am
Hey I have followed your instructions but I am getting the following error message MAIL:530 SMTP authentication required I am using gmail.com settings.

Also in status it says it requires a hostname currently it is blank.

Hope you can help

Hashim
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  • Jun 15, 2011 10:34am Jun 15, 2011 10:34am
Quoting hrhforex
Hey I have followed your instructions but I am getting the following error message MAIL:530 SMTP authentication required I am using gmail.com settings.

Also in status it says it requires a hostname currently it is blank.

Hope you can help

Hashim
I now realize that the instruction i gave you that smtp post will only work from specific whitelisted IP addresses. Sorry for that. Either use codersguru solution, find another free email host who has not crippled their smtp (many of them have because of spam issues), or consider a paid solution, such as smtp2go or paid email solution. if you use VPS, they should provide you with SMTP. your ISP may also provide you with SMTP.

Good luck.
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  • #31
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  • Jun 25, 2011 9:54am Jun 25, 2011 9:54am
Works great, thanks!

Quoting CodersGuru
I've created a dll that sends email with/without attachment to gmail
For sure you can use it with hotmail/yahoo etc.

Setup

Copy the dll to the MetaTrader_Path/Experts/Libraries folder.
Copy the xpMail script to MetaTrader_Path/Experts/Scripts folder.

These are the xpMail inputs:

Server
For gmail we are using "smtp.gmail.com"

User
Enter your gmail user name. Ex: [email protected]

Pass
Enter your gmail password.

Port
The server port. For gmail keep the port...
  • #32
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  • Aug 5, 2011 12:50pm Aug 5, 2011 12:50pm
Mail: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. n6sm1953085wed.16
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  • Aug 6, 2011 6:30pm Aug 6, 2011 6:30pm
Quoting zigflip
Mail: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. n6sm1953085wed.16
Are you talking about my code? xpMail?
  • #34
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  • Aug 7, 2011 6:27am Aug 7, 2011 6:27am
Quoting CodersGuru
Are you talking about my code? xpMail?
Hi I'm getting this error in the journal when attempting to use mt4 email.

No xpmail does send an email, but can I use it to take place of the existing mt4 email, which doesn't work for me? On order to get email alerts.
  • #35
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  • Aug 11, 2011 12:17pm Aug 11, 2011 12:17pm
Anyone could open the word attachment on 1st page? Really in need the step by step setting for gmail.
  • #36
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  • Sep 7, 2011 7:57am Sep 7, 2011 7:57am
Quoting Superman05
Anyone could open the word attachment on 1st page? Really in need the step by step setting for gmail.
The document opens fine. You need Microsoft Word.
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  • #37
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  • Sep 7, 2011 8:07am Sep 7, 2011 8:07am
Quoting Zen_Leow
The document opens fine. You need Microsoft Word.
Here is a list of some alternatives to Word. Some and maybe all are free, not sure.
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  • Sep 8, 2011 5:01am Sep 8, 2011 5:01am
Quoting SatchFan
Here is a list of some alternatives to Word. Some and maybe all are free, not sure.
good post SatchFan. Thanks for sharing.

regards,
Zen
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  • #39
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  • Sep 8, 2011 6:36am Sep 8, 2011 6:36am
Or just use RTF (zipped up) how can RTF not be on the list of valid attachments ?
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  • #40
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  • Sep 13, 2011 8:08am Sep 13, 2011 8:08am
Reading through the thread, the simplest option for me seemed to be the dll and script provided by CodersGuru in post #21 - the main attraction for me being no other software to install and worry about configuring.

Took me about 4 minutes to download, copy, configure and test. It works perfectly. With such a simple solution I have no idea why you'd worry about using proxies, mail servers or whatever. But I guess if we all preferred the same approach it would be a boring world.

So thanks CodersGuru, a niggling problem sorted very easily and quickly! I'm assuming that because you provided the mq4 code, it's ok to incorporate into my own code? I will credit you of course!
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