Email alerts

iCatcher Console can send an email when motion is detected, and attach recent images to show the event as it happens.

Email alerts require a destination email address to send to, a subject for the email, and message contents. The subject and message can contain Macros to include dynamic information such as the feed name. Please see the Macros help for more information.

Minimum time between emails is a "buffer time" between sending emails to prevent a cascade of alerts caused by the time taken to send one email. The default for this is 300 seconds (5 minutes), which means after sending one alert email, Console will not send another until motion is detected after 5 minutes.

If you want to attach images to the email, you can specify the amount, and a spacing between them. If the feed is running slower than this rate, then there will be no gap between the images.

The images can also be resized before they are attached to the email to reduce bandwidth. You can select a standard resolution from the list or enter a custom one using the following format: [width]x[height].

Email actions

The email action type allows you to send an email to a set of recipients. You need to enter the recipient email address, and the subject. You can also enter the message body text as well.

You can also attach a number of images from a specific feed to the email with a set separation between them.

Both the subject and message can contain Macros which include dynamic information such as the feed name. Please see the Macros help for more information.

Sending emails

iCatcher Console makes use of an SMTP server to send emails. It requires the SMTP server address and port, and an email address to send the emails from.

If your mail server needs encryption, you can enabled TLS, and for authentication, click "Log in to the SMTP server" and enter your login details.

You can normally obtain the details on your outgoing mail server (called an SMTP server or a smarthost) from your ISP or network manager.