Name: Secure SMTP Mail Writer
Author: Ian Kerman
Version: 1.0
Created: 9/2012
Requirements: Pipeline Pilot 8.5 or later; Reporting Collection
O/S: Any
Known Limitations: None. However, this has only been tested against Google's Gmail service. If you test it with another service and find it fails, please let me know.
The following package contains a component that allows you to send e-mail through an SSL-secured connection, something not possible with the standard SMTP Mail Writer. Some services, such as Google's Gmail, require an SSL connection to send mail through their servers. With this component, you will be able to utilize these services if you have an account with them. The component is Java based and requires an extra Java library, so it has to be installed as a package. To do this, you may need to contact your server administrator.
To install:
1) Unzip the file and copy the resulting folder to
2) Run "
You will now have a new component called "Secure SMTP Mail Writer" and two example protocols.
