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I am new here, although I have had my NightOwl system for a couple of years. I did a few searches and did not find anything on email issues with the Night Owl. Since DAY1, I have not been able to get the Email Alert to work. I set up its own email address on the mail server, set up a test camera, set-up the Motion Detection options and nothing. I believe that the issue may be that my email server needs a USERNAME, but I do not see that option on the set-up screen. Has anyone been able to get the function to work? I have tried SSL on/off, with no change. I am able to access the unit from anywhere, so the Internet/Wi-Fi modem/PortForwarding are set up fine. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for any assistance, Don NightOwl (12-cameras) DVR=DVR16B57AG Model=SN168500 WebPort=80 Software Version=V2.3-V101208

I may have to research the site for what is the best Security Camera DVR. I am happy with the NightOwl, but this NOTIFICATION is key component for me looking forward. I checked for firmware updates and they informed me that I have the latest version (came with DVR). I have scratch built interfaces using microcontrollers that will email me when the house has a water leak, someone steps on sensors in the yard shed (drives the wife crazy), or the fridge goes above 45 degrees, but I can not get this to work. Strange... I guess i will search the site for recommendations on a Camera DVR that has a KNOWN WORKING email and or txt msg alert. Thanks Don Any recommendations?

I have my own website with my own Pop3 email accounts, and that was where I started. When I was unable to get that to work, I tried using my Yahoo email account, and when that did not work I created a Gmail account which is my latest unsuccessful attempt. I have tried every option under each of the tried email services, with no luck. Don

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Sorry for the delay... - I am able to access the cameras both on the Intra/Internet with no issues - I have assigned a port to the Nightowl and it is recognized by the modem - I created a new gmail email account just to try it. - I tested the gmail account to insure that it is working properly (Send an email, rcv and email, rcv email from itself) -------- Nightowl, suggested the following (cut from email): "I would recommend trying a gmail account to see if it would work with that, here are the settings you can use: DVR must be set up correctly on the local network & network must have Internet access. No exceptions. In order for any emails alerts to go through, they must have the DVR set to send notifications & motion enabled. Do not use the nightowldvr.com. Try to use a Gmail account for e-mail setups. Using a Gmail account as an example here is how you would fill in the fields. http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13287 Email: Enabled SSL: ON SMTP port: 465 SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com SEND email: name@gmail.com SEND pw: [case sensitive] Here are the screen shots.