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====== Gmail - Google Mail with System Five ====== | ====== Gmail - Google Mail with System Five ====== | ||
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- | [[http:// | + | </note> |
==== Details ===== | ==== Details ===== | ||
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- | This will work in both the On Premises version of System Five, and in the System Five On Cloud environment. | + | **This will work in both the On-Premises version of System Five and in the System Five On Cloud environment.** |
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+ | <note tip> Be aware that [[https:// | ||
+ | You don't need the virtual channel or the Remote POS Device Manager if Gmail is being used for sending emails from within System Five. To be clear It is only utilized to **send** emails from within System Five. System Five doesn' | ||
+ | This Gmail setup does have it's limitations. We only present it as a solution for people that either doesn' | ||
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* On your computer, open Gmail. | * On your computer, open Gmail. | ||
- | * In the top right, click Settings icon. {{ :misc: | + | * In the top right, click Settings icon. {{misc: |
* Click Settings in the dropdown. | * Click Settings in the dropdown. | ||
* Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. | * Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. | ||
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* At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes. | * At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes. | ||
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==== System Five Setup ==== | ==== System Five Setup ==== | ||
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- | * Open System Five . | + | * Open System Five. |
* Open the Setup Wizard. | * Open the Setup Wizard. | ||
* Click on Users. | * Click on Users. | ||
* Double click on the user account you want to set up the email for (In my demo I just used the Demo user). | * Double click on the user account you want to set up the email for (In my demo I just used the Demo user). | ||
- | * Click on the Internet tab, and configure System Five with the settings as shown: | + | * Click on the Internet tab, and configure System Five with the settings as shown. |
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* Email Options should be set to Email Directly. | * Email Options should be set to Email Directly. | ||
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+ | Even though we don't import emails into System Five, this incoming mail server setting must be there and set to a valid POP Address and port. </ | ||
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+ | ==== Additional Gmail Links ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Error Messages ==== | ||
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+ | If you get an error saying invalid credentials, | ||
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+ | Also the error below could also point to invalid credentials. | ||
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+ | If you are getting SSL Timeouts or SSL Authentication errors, two things may be causing the issue. \\ | ||
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+ | 1. you can try setting the Incoming POP port from :995 to :465 and the Outgoing SMTP Server to :587.\\ | ||
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+ | 2. Verify that your Gmail account allows "Less Secure" | ||
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+ | * To do this, sign into Gmail through your web browser.\\ | ||
+ | * Click your photo, avatar or outline near Gmail' | ||
+ | * Click Manage Your Google Account.\\ | ||
+ | * Click Security on the left side of the screen.\\ | ||
+ | * Scroll down till you see Less Secure App Access.\\ | ||
+ | * click on "Turn on access (not recommended)" | ||
+ | * Click the little slide switch next to "Allow Less Secure Apps: Off" | ||
+ | * The little slide switch will move to the right and change color.\\ | ||
+ | * You can now close the browser tab.\\ | ||
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+ | Select Sign-in & security. | ||
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+ | Make sure Allow less secure apps is On. | ||
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+ | ** - If you are getting the error below saying "No Mail Client installed or configured..." | ||
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+ | The issue is being caused by the " | ||
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+ | Even though this setting is greyed out it is still causing System Five to look for an email client. | ||
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+ | To disable it you will have to set the Email Option to "Email through your email client" | ||
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+ | ==== Other Email Setups and Configuration ==== | ||
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+ | The following video will show the configuration settings and method for generated invoices in the PDF format and sending by email. | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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- | Created by Steve Wind May 13 2019 | ||
- | ====== | + | Created by Steve Wind May 13 2019 \\ |
- | [[http:// | + | Updated by Steve Wind April 21 2020 \\ |
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