email alarm options?

[GlueGuy2]

I recently updated our Raspberry Pi (Orange pi actually, but I digress), and updated to the most-current version of CMX. I see that it has settings for sending alarms on various conditions via email. That's great, but none of my email options (yahoo mail, or gmail) have a sign-in option that uses a username/password. They both either use 2FA, or use a special coded access called "OAuth2". That seems incompatible to me unless someone has figured out a workaround of some sort?

[freddie]

You can do this with Gmail by setting up something called an application password. This topic should help you.

[GlueGuy2]

Bada bing!

Thanks freddie! That was exactly the ticket. I did not know that existed. Now I can go set up a similar thing for our NAS, which has never been able to send an email.

[GlueGuy2]

I will add that Yahoo mail also has an app-specific capability. So if anyone reading this thread is subscribed to Yahoo mail, you do a similar operation in the account settings.

[mcrossley]

[broadstairs]

I have been using email for these alarms but find that I miss them unless I'm continuously looking at emails So recently thanks to Olicat I discovered pushover, it's not free but at $4.99 for a one time purchase not bad and has a 30 day free trial period. This sends notification to my Android devices so I can see immediately if I get an alarm. I have created a small PHP script to run on the alarms in CMX and it works well. Means I don't have to continuously check emails

Stuart

[watsonm]

I also use and recommend pushover for sending data to my mobile. Great value for money...
Been using it for several years for cmx and my aeroplane tracker pi.

(I have no contact with pushover except as a user)