GL-AR150 SMTP Relay

Technical Support for Routers
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Is it possible to install a SMTP relay daemon?

I have a GL-AR150 acting as a Lan to Wan router to contain a subnet of CCTV cameras and a Network Video Recorder they link with. The NVR can send emails if trigger events are detected, but the setup parameters are not suitable to connect to my ISP - only email address and password of the account holder, where my ISP requires account ID, password and email address.

So I wondered if it would be possible to install a SMTP mail relay daemon on the GL-AR150 to listen on port 465 for SMTP conversations, and to forward on to a pre-defined Internet SMTP relay (my ISP) without locally storing the email at all (will likely contain a JPG image, and might easily therefore consume too much storage)?

Will be interested to hear what people think.

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Instead of using your ISP’s email system, you can send alerts using Gmail.

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That is possible, but ‘Allow less secure apps’ must be enabled which seems like a difficult trade-off just to get email working…

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@AndyCXL is correct … I forgot to add that. Create a new Gmail account dedicated to emails from your NVR.

You can Google “gmail nvr” for more information.

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Yes this may be the easiest.

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