Setting up and Using GMail SMTP Server in 2022 for Uniview and other NVR Systems
Many NVRs including Uniview UNV brand are able to send an email alert to notify the owner of system issues and alerts. The customer must provide an SMTP server for this to work. There are many free and paid SMTP servers and most mail providers including your Internet service provider may let you send emails this way.
Many people prefer to set up a free GMail account for this purpose as it keeps the NVR messages in the sent folder without cluttering their normal email account. Previously this could be done by turning on an option to allow "less secure apps" but as of May 2022 this has been depricated and can no longer be used.
Instead use an "App Password". Here are the steps in 2022 and beyond to use GMail's SMTP server.
TURN ON 2-STEP VERIFICATION
First, sign in to your gmail account, go to settings -> all settings and click on the SECURITY menu option. Make sure 2-Step verification is turned ON. 2-Step verfication, otherwise known as 2FA or two factor authentication. If it is turned off, click the options and follow the steps to turn it on.
Once that's done you'll see an option called App passwords. This is where you'll set up a password for your NVR.
SET UP AN APP PASSWORD
Click on the App passwords section and you'll be prompted to select an app or device and generate the password.
Click on Select Device, then select Other (Custom Name) and enter a name like NVR
Click GENERATE and it will show you your new password. You get only ONE chance to copy it so do it right away. You can save it to a password vault if you like. The point is that it's one password per app/device. If you lose the password you can delete the app password and create a new one but you can't look it up.
CONFIGURE SMTP IN YOUR NVR
Now head over to your NVR and find the Email SMTP settings.
- Username = your sending GMail address
- Password = the new app password you created without spaces. In this example: mafnjikxutheejsy
- SMTP Server = smtp.gmail.com
- SMTP Port = 587 - check TLS/SSL
- Sender = Whatever you like
- Sender's Address = the sending GMail address
- Recipient = Recipient's name
- Recipient Address = the email of the recipient
Click SAVE. It should look like this:
After you click SAVE you can click Test for a UNV NVR and it will send a test email which you'll be able to see in the Sent folder of the sending GMail account:
That's it, you're all set!
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