Issue receiving incoming email from outside SL

[Bones Outlander]

Hi,

I am trying to test sending an email to a script in SL, but the emails I send are never received.

I have checked the key I'm sending to and it is correct and have tried for 2 different regions.

Is anybody else seeing issues receiving external emails, internal emails seem to be working fine.

Here's my test script, which is the example script for llGetNextEmail, so it should work.

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llOwnerSay("My email address is: " + (string)llGetKey() + "@lsl.secondlife.com");
        llSetTimerEvent(15.0);
    }
 
    timer()
    {
        llOwnerSay("Checking for mail");
        //Check for emails
        llGetNextEmail("", "");
    }
 
    email(string time, string address, string subj, string message, integer num_left)
    {
          llOwnerSay("I got an email: " + subj + "\n" + message);
     }
}

 

Edited October 7, 2022 by Bones Outlander

[Qie Niangao]

Works for me, sending from a gmail account. If you're still having trouble, maybe try a different sendmail (unless you're already using a gmail account, in which case I got nothin').

[Bones Outlander]

Thanks Qie,

You are correct it works from the Gmail web client/account, I only tested was using a Gmail account sending via the Windows 10 mail client and also from an outlook.com account.

 

EDIT: The formats below don't seem to work on Outlook at all now, so not sure what's going on!

So it seems Microsoft doesn't like the address

00e432f6-fa97-5889-90c5-a3b7c2b3895a@lsl.secondlife.com

So I tested this address from a Microsoft account/email client and this DOES work.

Email Tester <00e432f6-fa97-5889-90c5-a3b7c2b3895a@lsl.secondlife.com>

But this DOES NOT work

<00e432f6-fa97-5889-90c5-a3b7c2b3895a@lsl.secondlife.com>

So it seems to be safe, use an address that has the format Name <key@lsl.secondlife.com>  format as this worked with Gmail and Microsoft accounts/clients.

Edited October 8, 2022 by Bones Outlander

[Qie Niangao]

That's interesting. Shows how long it's been since I used a Microsoft email client. (My gmail account test actually used Thunderbird on Windows to get to gmail.)

[Bones Outlander]

Hmm, I take it all back!

I can't send from Outlook again, even using the format above but if I reply to an email the script sends me in Outlook it goes through, go figure!

Does anybody  use outlook to send emails into SL successfully?

Edited October 8, 2022 by Bones Outlander