Looks like using GMAIL to send alert images may stop working on 30-May-2022....
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Jessie.slimer
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Ditch the email messaging. Push your notifications. You'll be much happier.
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Send Pushover notifications with pictures and hyperlinks
I've figured out how to send Pushover notifications with pictures and hyperlinks from Blue Iris Actions without using external scripts. This approach uses curl and the Pushover API, and provides functionality similar to that recently described for Telegram . EDIT (5/16/2022) - For those who...
Ditch the email messaging. Push your notifications. You'll be much happier.
Send Pushover notifications with pictures and hyperlinks
I've figured out how to send Pushover notifications with pictures and hyperlinks from Blue Iris Actions without using external scripts. This approach uses curl and the Pushover API, and provides functionality similar to that recently described for Telegram . EDIT (5/16/2022) - For those who...
Currently doing both... not using Pushover yet, just my standard carrier texts.
From yesterday, March 9 (also regarding G-mail) ==>> Email Alert Frustration
sebastiantombs
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IIRC, with Pushover, API is the way to go because using the e-mail address they assign, you would still need a SMTP server, correct?
Jessie.slimer
BIT Beta Team
Yes, I was using Gmail to send emails to Pushover, but once I got the api method working, it seems to be a tiny bit faster, plus you cut out one more middleman (email). Also nice to be able to assign certain notification sounds to certain cameras, which I couldn't do before.
If Gmail is eliminating less secure sign in, I'm afraid people won't have a choice soon.
If Gmail is eliminating less secure sign in, I'm afraid people won't have a choice soon.
That was my thinking as well. I signed up for Pushover last month when you brought it up.....$4.99 + tax one time for something that works well IS, IMO, a bargain.
An earlier thread on the issue:
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GMAIL to no longer allow less secure apps
This might affect many folks here that use GMAIL in their NVR or Blue Iris for notifications. Less secure apps & your Google Account To help keep your account secure, starting May 30, 2022, Google will no longer support the use of third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your...
My understanding of this warning is that using the account's simple username/password will stop working for less secure apps.
However, if you are using an "App Password" for the account the ability to use "less secure" applications will continue to work. Not recommended, but still allows access and continued functionality.
Additional content from Google Account Help has the following suggestions as how to address this security enhancement.
Within Manage Your Google Account / Security / Signing in to Google is where you can create App Passwords (use a unique one for each instance of computer / application.
However, if you are using an "App Password" for the account the ability to use "less secure" applications will continue to work. Not recommended, but still allows access and continued functionality.
Additional content from Google Account Help has the following suggestions as how to address this security enhancement.
Within Manage Your Google Account / Security / Signing in to Google is where you can create App Passwords (use a unique one for each instance of computer / application.
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Mark_M
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Seems to be.
In the other thread I included this video for settings one of these application passwords up.
Jessie.slimer
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Do you use this? If so I'm interested what you think of it. I would really like to cut the Gmail cordProton Mail: Get a private, secure, and encrypted email account | Proton
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Smilingreen
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Yep. I have used it for over 2 years. It works fine, has phone apps, it's free and Google can't get into it and then plaster ads all over my internet, based on what discussions I had in my Gmail account about a product 3 minutes before. I have multiple addresses. One is just a burner account I use when I sign up for something and you have to give them an e-mail account. I never look at it. You can set them up to purge things in the inbox after so many days, etc, etc.
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In my opinion I like the sms picture alert much better. With the push it only keeps one image, where the sms you are able to scroll back thru the images. Maybe I'm missing a setting to have keep previous image alerts.. granted the push is faster, I like to see all the alert images incase I missed one before the latest arrives if that makes sense
Jessie.slimer
BIT Beta Team
In the Pushover app, you can scroll back though all alerts/pictures. There is even a drop down menu so you can only display alerts from a certain app, or have them all display together in time order.
Cameraguy
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Not sure if you are referring to the bi app and just going to alerts or if there is something I'm missing
Jessie.slimer
BIT Beta Team
Am I understanding that there's a way for BI to push a picture to the mobile app? If so how do you enable that? Right now when I get push notifications from BI app on my phone it's just text stating which camera caused the alert. At that point I connect to my VPN and use the app to view the alert, or wait for the BI -> Gmail -> SMS loop to get the picture via SMS.
Additionally, I'm intrigued by all the talk about the Pushover app. Is there a good tutorial thread about what Pushover does and how to set it up? I don't love the BI->gmail->sms path and how slow it is.
Additionally, I'm intrigued by all the talk about the Pushover app. Is there a good tutorial thread about what Pushover does and how to set it up? I don't love the BI->gmail->sms path and how slow it is.
The only way (other than opening a port) to get a picture in the BI app when remote and not at home is to have VPN running in the background. Otherwise you get what you get now.
The Pushover app will give you a picture when remote and not on VPN. Here is the thread:
Send Pushover notifications with pictures and hyperlinks
I've figured out how to send Pushover notifications with pictures and hyperlinks from Blue Iris Actions without using external scripts. This approach uses curl and the Pushover API, and provides functionality similar to that recently described for Telegram . EDIT (5/16/2022) - For those who...