Re: Validate email function settings help

On Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:30:01 -0400, Al DeRosa wrote:

 
> Ok here is how I do it on my system. In the prelogin menu the first
> option is commands ran before the menu is shown, I added a GD display a
> file which basically states that an email is going to be sent to you
> right now and you are to get the code and enter it and will be given
> immediate access.. After that command I put the -V command to validate
> email address. In the Data field I put 20 which is the access level that
> will be given to the user if they enter the correct code. In the access
> field I have s10|s15 so basically anything that is between acess level
> s10 (new user) and s15 (unused) will get that option to email validate.
> That's it on the Mystic login side. The tougher part is setting up a
> gmail account to send the request from the BBS. In the Servers section
> of -cfg choose general options, First enable SMTP send, then in the SMTP
> Host enter smtp.gmail.com:587, in the SMTP IP Type I have Default IPV4,
> in the SMTP Login choose the gmail email account you want to use. In my
> case it is [email protected], in the SMTP Password, you enter NOT YOUR
> GMAIL PASSWORD, but in the config of Gmail you have to set up a Google
> App Password to use for older softwares. Do that in the GMail settings
> (Google it and get the exact place it is located), that will give you a
> password that is like 15 characters. Copy and paste it into the SMTP
> Password. Then set SMTP Auth Type to login and SMTP Use SSL/TLS to Yes.

I need to check/do this also, if it works happy for it to be added to the 
wiki with attribution to you? 


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