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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: vipulan12 on April 04, 2014, 02:13:48 PM
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hey guys,I am working on an ISU I am wondering if i could use the arduino wifi shield to send emails
basically i am building a simple alarm system which when triggered sends an email to myself and alert me when i get the email on my phone
if not, the raspberry pi would be the next step(do i need to learn python and make a program)
or could it be done with this module :
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12071 (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12071)
any other recommendations or ideas are welcome, thanks
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If you can run the mail server yourself, and have that forward to your mail ISP, then you might be able to do this from an Arduino WiFi shield. The reason it's unlikely you could send the alarm directly from the WiFi shield to your ISP is because modern mail sending protocols require a lot of processing power (often using TLS/SSL, check-before-send authentication, etc.)
A Raspberry Pi should have no problem doing that, assuming you configure it right.
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so in order to configure it would i use a specific os or could this be done with some programming
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If you use raspian for the Raspberry Pi, there's ready-made software you can use.
Here are some links:
http://www.ducky-pond.com/posts/2012/Jul/installing-citadel-on-rpi/ (http://www.ducky-pond.com/posts/2012/Jul/installing-citadel-on-rpi/)
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=12156 (http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=12156)
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alright, thanks for the links
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It’s unlikely you could send the alarm directly from the WiFi shield to your ISP is because modern mail sending protocols require a lot of processing power .