SendMail

[spinalwiz]

Hi,

I can successfully send test mails from Options->Misc but when I try and use SendMail() from an indicator it doesnt seem to work. I dont receive any errors, just no email. Any ideas?

(I'm using the exact same To, From, Subject and Content as the test mail sends)

Regards

[Henrik]

Check this out (handbook of NT 6.5):

SendMail - it will only work in real-time.

Code:
SendMail(string from, string to, string subject, string text)

Example:
// Generates an email message
SendMail("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "Trade Alert",
"Buy ES");

Tips:
1. If mails are not sent, check the Control Center Log tab for any error information. You can
also try changing the SMTP outgoing mail server to use your own ISP's mail server. You can
set this information via the Control Center window Tools > Options > Misc.

You use own SMTP or the SMTP from NT?

[spinalwiz]

I use gmail with all the settings entered correctly - as mentioned it works when I use Test from Options->Misc

I have it coded correctly:

SendMail("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "NinjaTrader test mail", "This is a test mail");

And have added Prints() before and after to check it is executing.

Absolutely no idea why its not working. The testmail appears in the log but the SendMail() doesnt (which I take to be normal behaviour).

[Henrik]

Tools/Options/Misc:

Instead leave blank try this:

Server: smtp.googlemail.com
Port:465 (!!!)
SSL=true
User: [email protected]

Activate in googlemail.com/preferences pop3!

Good luck!

[spinalwiz]

Only port 587 seems to work for the test mail (as per the suggested setting on gmail).

Thanks for the help though

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

spinalwiz,

Maybe try your ISP's SMTP?

[tradejockey]

1. (options/ATI/General) Disable SMTP server
2. (options/misc) server - smtp.gmail.com port 587 and turn on ssl. Userid/pwd - gmail's acct
3. Enable POP in gmail settings

[spinalwiz]

Hi,

Yes, test mail works fine with my ISPs SMTP settings. So in summary the following work fine with test mail:

1)Gmail settings
2)My ISPs settings
3)The default Ninjatrader settings

but none work when SendMail is called from an indicator. Hard to understand why as surely it is the same routine being used.

Nevermind, will just program something manually.

[trade.ripper]

same thing...

Hi,

I am having this same exact issue. I am running NT 7.0.0.15. Is there a work around for this?


thanks

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hi trade.ripper,

Is the test mail going through in your case as well?

[trade.ripper]

Hi,

Yes the test email works fine.

I have run through several different iterations (changing all of the different variables) and nothing seems to be working.

The log is showing an SmtpExcetion and says the operation has timed out.

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

trade.ripper, what is the exact text of the SmtpException? That means there is something going wrong with the actual sending portion of the email, not necessarily something wrong with NinjaTrader.

If you can't get it to work, there are plenty of C# email libraries floating around the internet and you just integrate one of those into your indicator to send emails.

[trade.ripper]

I got it working now! Im not sure what the exact problem was. Perhaps just restarting fixed it. My problem now - its working too well - I'm getting 57emails for each alert. Any ideas on why that might be?


thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello trade.ripper,

I'm glad to hear that you have the mail function working.

As far as why 57 messages were generated for this alert, it would depend on your code. If, for example, your code reaches the SendMail line 57 times, then 57 emails would be generated.

I would suggest adding a Print() before the SendMail() line to see how many times the code is reaching this line.