How To Set an Email Server In Amcrest Orion Surveillance Software

Email Setup will be dependent on your specific email provider. In this example, we will be using Gmail. A email server can be used to send email notifications or during password recovery. For more information on how to setup an email server, please refer to the information provided below. 

Step 1: Open the Amcrest Orion Surveillance software, select the option, and select System Parameters. 

Step 2: Select Email Server and enable the option.

Step 3: Select the email provider from the SMTP Server Type dropdown menu and enter all requested information into the interface. Please note, the password should be your Gmail generated app password. **Please refer to Allow Less Secure Apps (Updated) section for more details.

Allowing Less Secure Apps (Updated)

As of May 30th, 2022, Google will be removing the allow less secure apps option, this means a generated password will need to be entered that will allow email alerts to come through on your account. Before proceeding, please ensure 2 factor authentication is enabled in your account settings. For more information on how to do this, please refer to the information provided below. 

1.) In Gmail, click the account avatar/icon picture located in the upper right of the window.
2.) Now click the blue button that says "Manage Your Google Account"

Once on the account setting page please click "Security"

3) Click onApp passwords

4) Enter your email password, and click Next. 
5) Select an option from the provided drop down menus and select Custom. Enter a name for the authentication and click Generate. 

6) Google will provide a security password which must be entered into the device's Email Setup interface in the device's web UI. 

Step 4: Click Test Email. Once confirmed, click Save.