how to upgrade bi from 5.3 to 5.8

[tolnep]

email stopped working when network solutions starting requiring tls at the first of september. i went ahead and purchased the current version of bi as i was running and older version 5.3.8.17 x64. what is the process for 'upgrading' in place with the new blueiris.exe?

system is windows server 2019 with all the current updates and patches.

thanks for any help.

well i went ahead and updated. no problems. however i cannot get email to work. the settings for network solutions dont allow all input so i tried gmail. gmail sends and email to my account, i confirm but the blue iris 'waiting for accounts.google spins forever.

 

[TonyR]

however i cannot get email to work. the settings for network solutions dont allow all input so i tried gmail. gmail sends and email to my account, i confirm but the blue iris 'waiting for accounts.google spins forever.

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[tolnep]

thanks. got it to work with a godaddy email office 365 account. had to administratively allow 'smtp' on my office 365 account.

 

[TonyR]

thanks. got it to work with a godaddy email office 365 account. had to administratively allow 'smtp' on my office 365 account.

Great! I hope it continues to work for you.
Please keep us informed if you begin to have progressively worse delivery times, no e-mails, etc.