EMAIL command

The email command syntax and instructions, as found in the Oculus Command Reference, is as follows:

email {STRING}
  Uses format: email-address [subject] body
Send email to email-address, with subject [subject] and body text body
Example:

email bob@example.com [Test email] This is an email test

Uses mail server settings specified in oculus_settings.txt configuration file values for ‘email_smtp_server, email_smtp_port,’ (and ‘email_username, email_password’ if required)

To use Gmail to send mail: set the server to ‘smtp.gmail.com,’ port to 587, and use Gmail username and password

Mail settings described below need to be manually entered in the oculus_settings.txt config file, located under ‘/Oculus/conf’ :

email_smtp_server {STRING}
  SMTP server for outgoing email. ‘Disabled’ if unused

email_smtp_port {STRING}
  SMTP server port for outgoing email

email_username {STRING}
  username if SMTP server for outgoing email requires authorization. ‘Disabled’ if unused

email_password {STRING}
  password if SMTP server for outgoing email requires authorization. ‘Disabled’ if unused. WARNING: PLAIN TEXT

email_from_address {STRING}
  return email address for outgoing email. ‘Disabled’ if unused