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Affected Roles: Administrator, Owner
Related Digital Watchdog VMS Apps: Web Viewer
Complexity: Medium
Last Edit: June 24, 2022
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By utilizing the Email Notification feature within the MEGApix® IP Camera interface, Administrators can configure the camera to send an email to a specified email address when a set alarm event triggers.
This article will outline how to set up the Email Notifications feature within a MEGApix® IP camera.
**Note: The DW Spectrum® IPVMS platform and VMAX Standalone Units also feature an Email Notification feature. This article focuses on the MEGApix® IP camera only. Images within this article may display differently from your camera – we will be using the DWC-MTT4Wi28 camera.
The MEGApix® IP Camera Series does not have its own email service to send outgoing emails. In order for the camera to send notifications by email, an SMTP email service will need to be provided.
To set up outgoing email settings, you must know the SMTP server information of your email provider.
Use the table below for SMTP information of most common email services:
**Note: Check with your email service to confirm the following information.
Service Provider |
SMTP Server |
Port |
Authentication |
AOL |
smtp.aol.com |
587 |
StartTLS |
AT&T |
smtp.att.yahoo.com |
465 |
SSL |
Gmail |
smtp.gmail.com |
465/587 |
SSL, StartTLS |
Hotmail |
smtp.live.com |
465 |
SSL |
Office365 |
smtp.office365.com |
587 |
StartTLS |
Outlook |
smtp-mail.outlook.com |
587 |
StartTLS |
Verizon |
outgoing.verizon.net |
465 |
SSL |
Yahoo Mail |
smtp.mail.yahoo.com |
465 |
SSL |
Yahoo Mail Plus |
plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com |
465 |
SSL |
To set up the Email Notification feature on a MEGApix® IP Camera:
After connecting, enter the camera’s login to access the interface.
**Note: To connect to the camera’s web GUI, enter the camera’s IP address into the address bar (Ex: http://192.168.1.200).
If all of the information is correct, you will receive a “Test successful” message. If the test fails, double-check your settings and read the Additional Email Security Settings section below.
For example, to set Motion Detection as the event trigger:
If you are using an email service like Gmail, you may need to adjust additional email account security settings.
Other than using a different email service for setting up email notifications, to use Gmail be sure to use the Google Accounts App Passwords feature.
To create and use App Passwords:
Use “Select device” to specify a device and choose the device you’re using, then click “Generate”.
Use this 16-character code as your new password as a replacement in your DW product’s SMTP email notification settings.
Tip: Most of the time, you’ll only have to enter an App Password once per app or device, so don’t worry about memorizing it.
Please be aware that if you change your Google Account password, App Passwords will be revoked as part of Google’s account protection campaign.
For more information on using Google App Passwords, click here to visit the Google Account Help site