Learn how to setup your Raspberry Pi to be able to send Emails and build a camera project that can send Email alerts using the C language. Related Course: https://www.udemy.com/introduction-to-c-programming-for-the-raspberry-pi/?couponCode=FEB2017

1. Emails
from the
Door Bell Camera

2. Sending emails
from the Raspberry
Pi
Raspbian configuration

4. Installing and configuring
SSMTP

5. Make sure your repositories are up-to-
date:
sudo apt-get update

6. Install SSMTP and mail
utilities:
sudo apt-get install ssmtp
sudo apt-get install mailutils

7. Edit the SSMTP configuration file:
for Gmail
sudo nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

8. edit the ssmtp.conf
your GMail address
your GMail address
matching password
add this 3 lines

9. Allowing less secure apps to access your
account
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255

10. 2 ways to send an text email
echo "Hello world email body" | mail -s "Test Subject"
recipientname@domain.com
mail -s "Message from your Door Bell" recipientname@domain.com < message.txt
body
body

11. Sending an attachment file
echo "Image attached" | mail -A Maja10.jpg -s “Door Bell"
recipientname@domain.com

12. Building the project
for
Emails
from the
Door Bell Camera

13. Hardware setup
Door Bell
Raspicam
Button
Blue Jumper Wire -> Ground
Orange Jumper Wire -> Pin 1

14. Starting Point
camera with button

15. Standard image size
The code produces an image with the size
of about 2.7MB
Gmail restriction for attachment: 25MB

16. Inside the C program using the mail command
and system function you can send the mail to the
user.
system(“mail -A Maja10.jpg -s ‘Door Bell’ hello@gmail.com <
message.txt”)

17. The final Code

18. The Email arrives
after about a minute