SMTP

  • 25 Sep

    Sending Mails (SMTP) via an SSH tunnel

    In version v2023.9.25.0 we added an option that allows you sending emails using SMTP via an SSH tunnel.

    • Important is to use our second API vendor – CK

    limagito file mover smtp as destination

    • Select the SSH Tab for your setup:

    This option let us connect to an SSH server and creates a tunnel for SMTP. The ‘Host’ is the hostname (or IP address) of the SSH server. The ‘Port’ is typically 22, which is the standard SSH port number. At this moment only SSH authentication using username and password is possible.

    limagito file mover smtp over a ssh tunnel

    • In version v2023.9.30.0 we added “SSH Public-Key Authentication”:

    – Authenticates with the SSH server using public-key authentication. The corresponding public key must have been installed on the SSH server. Authentication will succeed if the matching “Username” is provided.

    limagito file mover smtp via an SSH tunnel

    If you need any info about this option, please let us know.

    #smtp #ssh #filetransfer #filemanagement

    Best regards,

    Limagito Team

    By Limagito-Team Email SMTP ,
  • 17 Sep

    How to add html as body of an email with Limagito File Mover

    Q: How to add html as body of an email with Limagito File Mover

    In Limagito File Mover version v2023.9.17.0 we added a second SMTP API vendor (= third party code provider). This second vendor is also based in the USA and has a long history with providing API’s for many internet protocols. The reason we did this is because there are quite some different servers out there and it seems we couldn’t cover them all. With a second vendor we try to minimize this. Switching can be done on the fly.

    limagito file mover smtp second api vendor

    • We added the use of plain text and/or html as body for both API vendors:

    limagito file mover html as body

    • With our second API Vendor it is possible to use ‘TLS 1.3’. Be sure our second API Vendor – CK is selected in the ‘Setup’ tab and switch to ‘Transport Layer Security Auto’ as Security Method in the ‘Security’ tab.

    limagito file mover smtp tls1.3 support

    If you need any info about using ‘html as body’, please let us know.

    #smtp #filetransfer #filemanagement

    Best regards,

    Limagito Team

    By Limagito-Team SMTP , ,
  • 27 Jun

    Sending an email using Office 365 SMTP and OAuth2 authentication

    Q: Sending an email using Office 365 SMTP and OAuth2 authentication

    “AZURE setup”

    Azure App registrations

    • Register the app with Redirect URI = “http://localhost:3017”.

    Azure Register an application

    • Goto “API permissions” to add permissions. For this SMTP and OAuth2 authorization flow, we’ll add the following “Delegated permissions”:
      • offline_access
      • openid
      • SMTP.Send
      • IMAP.AccessAsUser.All is there because of a previous test (not needed for SMTP)

    limagito file mover azure add permissions

    • To add a Delegated permission, click ‘+ Add a permission’ and select ‘Microsoft Graph’

    limagito file mover azure add deligated permission

     

    • Select ‘Delegated permissions’

    limagito file mover azure add deligated permission

    • Search for the different permissions, select and click ‘Add Permissions’.

    limagito file mover azure add a deligated permission

    4) Go to “Certificates & secrets” and add a new client secret.

    • Important, the ‘Value’ field is the Client Secret which we need later during the setup in Limagito File Mover. This Value is only fully visible just after creation!
    • Do not use the Secret ID (common mistake).

    Azure Certificates & secrets

    5) In “App registrations”, go to “Endpoints” (located to the right of the “+ New registration” link. Note your endpoints for “OAuth 2.0 authorization endpoint (v2)” and “OAuth 2.0 token endpoint (v2).

    Azure Endpoints

    Azure endpoints

    “Microsoft 365 admin center setup”

    • Important, go to your Microsoft 365 admin center (this is NOT Azure).
      • Go to your Active users.
      • Click on a user to find the “Manage email apps” link under the Mail Tab. See Microsoft 365 Manage Email Apps.

    microsoft 365 admin center

    • Be sure ‘Authenticated SMTP’ is enabled

    limagito file mover microsoft admin center

    • When not enabled you’ll receive the following error message after trying to send an email using Limagito File Mover:

    Microsoft 365 admin center

    “Using a shared mailbox?”

    In case you want to send emails using a shared mailbox:

    • Open Microsoft 365 admin center setup
    • Select ‘Teams & “groups”
    • Click “+ Add a shared mailbox”

    Microsoft365 admin center shared mailbox

    • Add a shared mailbox

    Microsoft365 admin center shared mailbox

    • Click “Add members to your shared mailbox”

    Microsoft365 admin center shared mailbox

    • Search for members and add. The account you used previously during the ‘App registration’ in Azure must be added as member.

    Microsoft365 admin center shared mailbox

    • If the shared mailbox member is not correct, you’ll receive the following error:

    Microsoft365 admin center shared mailbox

    “Limagito File Mover setup”

    • We’ll be using the Office 365 SMTP to send emails from our ‘Rule Events’ option.

    limagito file mover rule events option

    • We enabled the ‘On Success ‘ event and enabled ‘Enable Mail’:

    limagito file mover rule events

    • Office 365 SMTP Server setup:

    office365 smtp setup

    • Adjust the Security setup:

    office365 smtp setup

    • Office 365 Auth2 setup:

    office 365 oauth2 setup

    1) Fill in the correct Authorization and Token Url from previous “Azure setup”

    2) Enter Application Client ID and Client Secret Value from previous “Azure setup”

    Azure App Client ID

    Azure Secret Value

    3) Adjust your scope to: openid profile offline_access https://outlook.office365.com/SMTP.Send

      • Provide a SPACE separated list of scopes.
      •  Important: The offline_access scope is needed to get a refresh token.

    4) Set Redirect URI to: http://localhost:3017/

    5) Set Redirect Port to 3017

      • This should be the port in the localhost callback URL for your app.
      • The callback URL would look like “http://localhost:3017/”, if the port number is 3017.
      • The redirect must go to http://localhost
        • It must be localhost and it cannot be “https”.

    Next, click on the <GET> button.

    Should ‘Windows Defender’ popup, please <Allow access>.

    Limagito File Mover IMAP4 Oauth2

    Your browser will open and ask you for ‘Confirmation’.

    Limagito File Mover IMAP4 OAuth2

    Follow the routine in your browser and accept the authorization request.

    Limagito File Mover IMAP4 OAuth2 Access is granted

    Now you can close the browser. The ‘Refresh’ and ‘Access’ Token in the OAuth2 Setup should contain values. Click <Save>.

    • Office 365 email setup

    office365 smtp email setup

    • Try your setup using the test button

    limagito file mover send email test button

    • Email result

    limagito file mover received email from office365

    Some extra information: ‘Explaining OAuth2 Authentication’.

    The OAuth2 Get Token button does a couple of things:

    1. It starts the OAuth2 Authentication process.
    2. Returns a URL that should be displayed in a browser.
    3. Starts a background thread to receive the redirect callback from the browser.

    The flow of control is like this:

    1. The browser (popped up and displayed by our file mover) automatically navigates to the URL provided by Start Authentication.
    2. The user interactively authorizes the access. In doing so, the response sent back to the browser is a redirect to http://localhost:<someport>/
    3. The browser receives the response, and redirects to the http://localhost:<someport>/
    4. The background thread (= temporary HTTP server using <someport>) is the thing that is listening at and receives the response, and then your OAuth2 is completed.

    The redirect must go to http://localhost:<someport>/. It must be localhost, and it cannot be “https”. If you defined your application’s redirect URL to a web address such as “https://yourdomain.com/something…”, then the background thread is just sitting there waiting for the callback, which never happens (because it went to your web server).

    #office365 #mft #Filetransfer #smtp

    If you need any info about this “Office 365 SMTP”, please let us know.

    Best regards,

    Limagito Team

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