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  • 1.  Do you have a free SMTP service you use when testing Paperless? If so - what?

    Posted 04-17-2020 10:27
    I have a few customers where for whatever reason their email sending through Paperless stops working. This becomes very difficult to diagnose because you play the "it's Sage's fault" or "prove it's us" game.

    After years of doing this, I'm losing my appetite for games and debugging some third-party ( usually an MSP ) IT provider's email system. Not to mention that I really am more dangerous than helpful when trying to do so.

    Which leads me to my question of the day ....

    Do you have a free or inexpensive SMTP server that you use to quickly test whether paperless email processing is working via SMTP?

    If so, please share.

    I know we've discussed SMTP2Go in the past and I just took another look. It appears that they require you to make a domain DNS entry which makes this a no-go for simple diagnostic purposes.

    Is there anything simpler - even just a free throwaway or Microsoft email would probably work. I could run off and test a bunch but I'm hoping someone will chime in with something they've used reliably and save me the research. 

    TIA

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    Wayne Schulz - Schulz Consulting - 860-516-8990
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  • 2.  RE: Do you have a free SMTP service you use when testing Paperless? If so - what?

    Posted 04-17-2020 14:08
    I just use my Comcast account to do the initial testing.  Tried and proven.  Once I have IT's attention that it isn't the software, I give them access to company maintenance and they can test their hearts out.

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    Jeff Schwenk
    FORMER 90M Board Member
    Bottomline Software, Inc.
    Waynesboro VA
    540-221-4444
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  • 3.  RE: Do you have a free SMTP service you use when testing Paperless? If so - what?

    Posted 04-18-2020 12:05
    Try using SendGrid so they can monitor the emails going out and if it was open. I think they have free up to so many a month.

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    Todd Martin - President
    MBA Business Software (https://www.mbabsi.com)
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  • 4.  RE: Do you have a free SMTP service you use when testing Paperless? If so - what?

    Posted 04-18-2020 13:30
    Edited by Carmen Cruz 04-18-2020 13:31
    User:                      sage_partners
    Password:           sage123
    Address:              smtp.netzero.com
    Port:                       465
    Security                SSL
    URL:                       webmail.netzero.com


    Created this one a long time ago for testing Paperless Office for clients when theirs does not want to work.  Be sure to delete anything that gets sent to that account to avoid data getting out that should not.

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    Carmen Cruz
    Senior Specialist, Technical Consultant
    SWK Technologies Inc.
    Carmen.Cruz@SWKTech.com CA
    973-437-3984
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