Need email server aid

[Chuck Kuecker]

Christopher Chan wrote:
> On Friday, April 23, 2010 08:39 AM, Chuck Kuecker wrote:
>   
>> Alvin Thompson wrote:
>>     
>>> On 04/22/2010 06:23 PM, Chuck Kuecker wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> It worked with the IP, not the domain name.
>>>>
>>>> I still need to get it to work with an outside address, so I guess I
>>>> need to fiddle with my DNS server next.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the help!
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> If you just need 'mail.ckent.org' to resolve to your local address, just
>>> put it in your '/etc/hosts' file, or whatever the equivalent is on you
>>> embedded system.
>>>
>>> BTW, if it's an embedded system that never leaves your network, why do
>>> you need it to work with an outside address?  Why can't you just use the
>>> local IP?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Ultimately, this will be a wireless product that will be out in the
>> wild, and will need the capability to connect anywhere, assuming the
>> user has an email account on the network, somewhere in the world. At
>> present, I'm just playing with basics using the built-in Ethernet port
>> included with the development system.
>>     
>
> Then it will need to have to ability to be told to use smtp 
> authentication, username and password, to be told what port to connect 
> to and support ssl on port 465 and enabling tls on port 25/587.
>
> Ultimately, I think it will more often tha not just need to be told to 
> connect to the owner's ISP mail relay to send email.
>
> Besides that, why would it need the ability to accept email? I can 
> understand sending reports, alerts, blah, out but accepting email?
>
>   
Remote control - one option. An embedded web server is another option - 
I might not need email if we go that way.

This project is very much in development - we're writing specifications yet.

Chuck