📧🔥 Master the art of email servers, protocol, and sending emails now! 💻
Channel: AUTOHOTKEY Gurus
Date: 2022-06-29

We were getting ready to send emails through our smtp email server (instead of mailgun) and discussing how MX severs work

TLDR: Set up an SSL/TLS encryption to securely send emails using an SMTP server.

1. 00:00 🔒 Set up an SSL/TLS encryption to send emails using an SMTP server instead of Mailgun.
 1.1 To send emails using an SMTP server instead of Mailgun, an SSL/TSL encryption is required for the connection between the computer and the mail server.

2. 01:06 🔒 Gmail and other mail servers require secure connections for sending information.
 2.1 Gmail and other mail servers require secure connections for sending information, and depending on the port, encryption may be required by default.

3. 02:45 🔒 Sending information to port 465 requires encryption.
 3.1 When connecting to port 465, the information must be sent in an encrypted format as it follows a standard protocol.

4. 03:54 🔒 IMAP and SMTP use SSL/TLS on ports 993/465/587 for secure communication.
 4.1 IMAP and SMTP servers use standard ports 993 and 465 respectively, and require SSL for secure communication.
 4.2 Gmail and Hotmail both use ports 465 and 587, which require either SSL or TLS encryption for communication.

5. 06:38 🔒 Connecting to the right port with SSL enables CDO for deploying TLS.
 5.1 Connecting to the right port with SSL should allow for using CDO for deploying TLS.
 5.2 He creates an object with variables, sets options, and adds key-value pairs to the item schema.

6. 08:28 🔌 Connect to the server on port 465 and set the option to true.
 6.1 You can connect to the server on port 465 and set the option to true to send information.

7. 10:09 📧 Sending an email securely with Powershell using TLS encryption on port 587.
 7.1 This script calls Powershell's Send Mail Message command to send an email using TLS encryption on port 587.

8. 11:41 🤔 Using the cdo object is a viable option.
 8.1 We can use the cdo object and it will be totally fine.


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