Email Notification Settings for Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and Other Carriers

  • Ethan K
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The SMTP server is a configuration setting within all pop E-mail applications. Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail and other providers are basically email services designed to provide you with email mailbox access directly from the web. And you can use these providers in Genie to send email notifications for your backups to read its backup log.

In order to properly use it, you need to configure your email notification settings with the outgoing mail servers of your email provider (Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail or else).

 

For Gmail Accounts

The Google Gmail service offers email client access for retrieving and sending emails through your Gmail account. However, for security reasons, Gmail uses POP3 over an SSL connection, so you need to use the following settings:

  • SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com
  • Port: 465
  • Requires SSL: Yes
  • Configuration: Auth Login
    • Username: The Gmail Username
    • Password: The Gmail Password

 

For Yahoo! Accounts

Yahoo! Mail offers standard POP3 access for receiving emails incoming through your Yahoo mailbox. To setup Genie Backup Manager (GBM) for working with your Yahoo account, you need to use the following mail server settings:

    • SMTP Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
    • Port: 465 or 587
    • Requires SSL: Yes
    • Configuration: Login plain
      • Username: The Yahoo! ID
      • Password: The Yahoo Password

For Verizon Yahoo! Accounts

Verizon Yahoo! Mail also allows SMTP access and requires authentication.  To setup Genie Backup Manager (GBM) for working with Verizon Yahoo! Mail, please use the following settings:

  • SMTP Server: outgoing.yahoo.verizon.net
  • Port: 465 or 587
  • Requires SSL: Yes
  • Configuration: Auth Login
      • Username: Verizon Yahoo! Mail Full Address
      • Password: Verizon Yahoo! Password

For Hotmail Accounts

As other web based email services, Hotmail is using the HTTP protocol for connecting you to your mailbox. If you want to send Hotmail emails through Genie Backup Manager (GBM), use the following:

  • SMTP Server: mail.hotmail.com
  • Configuration: Auth Login
      • Username: Hotmail ID
      • Password: Hotmail Password

Other

Other email carriers have their own SMTP Server Settings which must be configured correctly for Genie to be able to properly send outgoing mail. You will have to enter the proper Port and Authentication settings as well.

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