Send PGN via Email

[James Young]

Does any one use this feature and know what the setting are to enable that say for Gmail or MSN/hotmail?

[Jacek T]

Hi,

What you need are your user credentials used to login along with proper outgoing SMTP server settings for the mail service you want to use (quick Google search led me to here for Gmail settings; I don't use MSN/Hotmail, but you should be able to google them up easily, too). Then you need to uncomment and edit two sections in /opt/picochess/picochess.ini (as marked below in bold; descriptions are pretty much self-explanatory). And voila, e-mails should be coming! :)

### ================
### = Mail Service =
### ================

### Options for sending the finished game via email service
### PicoChess currently implements two different ways to send a finished game via email.
### standard SMTP email or Mailgun Webservice
### Mail general
### if email is not set, PicoChess won't attempt to send the game at all
## email tells PicoChess to which email address the game should be send to, it should be your email address :-)
email = your.m...@your-domain.com

### =======================================
### = Section for email delivery via SMTP =
### =======================================

### if smtp_server is not set, PicoChess won't attempt to send the game via SMTP
## smtp-server must contain the address of your smtp server (e.g. smtp.gmail.com)
smtp-server = HERE
## smtp-user is necessary if your smtp server requires authentication, sets your username
smtp-user = HERE
## smtp-pass is necessary if your smtp server requires authentication, sets your password
smtp-pass = HERE
## Should PicoChess SSL-encrypt the communication with your smtp server (Port 465)?
## Otherwise PicoChess will use the default and unencrypted SMTP Port 21.
## Some SMTP Server require an SSL encryption (e.g. GMAIL). If so, uncomment the next line.
smtp-encryption = True
## In case the SMTP Server thinks you are spamming, you must enter a valid from email here
smtp-from = HERE

Best,

Jacek

[RandyR]

See this thread as well.

Randy

[James Young]

Thanks, Jacek