Printer - SMTP Stuff?

[paulrockliffe]

My printer is always complaining that "SMTP server not setup". It's been bugging me for ages and I finally worked out how to simply turn the error message off.

But then I wondered what it's for and whether I can use it, anyone know?

I can tell that I can use it for emailing myself reports, but I can't see what else it can be used for. It's a Lexmark MX310dn, with a built in scanner, so can I set it up scan to email, and can I set it up so that I can email the printer things to print?

Thanks

[ten200]

SMTP would be used for outgoing email. Incoming email would be done by a different protocol. That's not to say that it can't accept incoming email, but it's probably moaning about the SMTP server because it's programmed to send status reports or alerts.

[theboss]

SMTP will be there for submitting “scan to email” jobs to a mail server primarily.

I have mine setup like this. It’s handy being able to email scanned images directly to my own mailbox where I can forward or store as I choose.

If you use office365 the instructions are here

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mail-flo...