mX-4501 scanning

[Akitu]

As of the latest E22 firmware release according to Canadian support site, SSL is not supported. I happened to have gotten some custom firmware from Sharp for this and have been testing it with no problems as of late. Initial concern was to watch out for a non-existant fan error on machines older than '08.

[Ceechtay]

You can use Stunnel (www.stunnel.org) to handle SSL communication with Gmail. This would require a computer to be on whenever they want to send an email scan. It is pretty easy to set up.

Basically, just install Stunnel on a PC, open up the port in the PC's firewall, and then change the copier's settings to point to that PC instead of Gmail's SMTP server.

After installing Stunnel, you can configure it's "stunnel.conf" file (Start->All Programs->stunnel->Edit stunnel.conf). Basically, you only need to un-comment(remove the ;) this section (or add it):

[gmail-smtp]
client = yes
accept = 25
connect = smtp.gmail.com:465

The "accept" attribute is the port that Stunnel listens on and can be whatever you want. You just need to make sure that the Sharp copier uses that same port. That is also the port that you need to open up in the PC's firewall.

So on the copier side, your settings would be:
SMTP Server: 192.168.1.x <- either IP address or hostname of the PC with stunnel on it
Port: 25 <- MUST match the port number in the "accept" property above
Reply email: whatever you want
Authentication: checked
Username: valid Gmail account (example@gmail.com)
Password: Gmail account's password

If you have problems, just make sure that Stunnel service is installed and running and try disabling the PC's firewall to make sure that is not causing the issue.

Lastly, you would want to make sure that stunnel starts automatically when the computer boots.