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Transmission of
an Email via
internet
Here, serveral steps depend on configured device parameters. An error code
of the event entry (see Chapter 4.9.3 Error codes as integer return values,
Page 30 (particularly the error codes 120 to 173)) can suggest an incorrectly
set parameter. An incorrectly entered DNS server IP, for example, generates
the error code 153 = "no IP received via DNS".
Load own present
IP address
POP3
configured before
SMTP?
Request
DNS server
POP3 server
name from
Conditions
fulfilled for e-mail
transmission?
Make TCP connection
to POP3 server
Log in to mail account
with user name + password
Close TCP connection
without reading e-mail
Request
DNS server
SMTP server name
from
Make TCP connection
to SMTP server
Format and send
e-mail text
Close TCP connection
Enter e-mail OK /
error code
in event list
Yes
No
Error
OK
Repeat attempts with the
same mail every 15 min.
Yes
No