I was writing some code to send me email alerts after trades close, regardless of whether or not the expert closed the trade or the trade was closed via TP or SL. I have tested it and it works, however, I am having problems with the emails violating SMTP rules when use MT4's SendMail(). (see http://cr.yp.to/docs/smtplf.html)

Does anyone know how to get around or correct this problem, because this would be a VERY valuble tool, especially for those who need to focus time on other work and would like to keep up to speed on the account as trades are being executed. Personally, it would be great to have trades emailed to my BlackBerry to see the details after the trade is close. I appreciate any help!

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Nicholishen


Try to send emails to other address, like some friend that receives email on different sever then yours. I use a mailer to send messages to myself from MetaQuote and I get errors when sending to HotMail.com addresses, the emailer wont work. Thats the only email sever I can't send to. LF means LINE FEED. In your message it mentions MSN net work which includes hotmail.com. Also some email severs donot permit you to email to the address from which the mail originates from as well. Emailing to a friend will at least eliminate the above conditions from the list.

I have not used the mailer that comes with MQ. I use a third party software, as MQ didnot have that function back in v3.xx I have not rewriten my communication module to use the built-in mailer yet, plan to do this in the near future.

The CockeyedCowboy

...It seems that it did not like my "\n" statements.

To use the mail alert you must first setup MT preferences. If you haven't yet done it, you would go to: TOOLS>OPTIONS>EMAIL. Enable the email feature and set the preferences for SMTP.

Depending on how you intend to use it you can insert it into your code and change the subject to the name of the advisor. Make sure to add filters to the qualifying if statement. An example is inserted but commented out. Optionally you can just#include as a generic mailer.

The benefit of this is to have the system email you the details of closed trades; even when they have closed due to SL or TP.

I would appreciate feedback as to what details you would like to see in the email.

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...looks like we posted at same time. Thanks for the info!