Here is a list of common SMTP configurations usable with Ramona email notification delivery subsystem (see delivery in [ramona:notify] configuration section).
GMail from Google.
[ramona:notify] delivery=smtp://[user@gmail.com]:[password]@smtp.gmail.com:587/?tls=1
Credentials ‘user’ and ‘password’ need to be valid Google GMail account.
Example:
[ramona:notify] delivery=smtp://joe.doe@gmail.com:password123@smtp.gmail.com:587/?tls=1
Transactional Email from MailChimp.
[ramona:notify] delivery=smtp://[user]:[API key]@smtp.mandrillapp.com:587
Credentials are from “SMTP & API Credentials” section in Mandrill settings. User is “SMTP Username” respectively your account name at Mandrill.
API key can be created and obtained from this page in Mandrill settings too, if you don’t have any, you can create one by pressing ‘New API key’ button.
Example:
[ramona:notify] delivery=smtp://joe.doe@example.com:WJWZcoAaEQjggzVG1Y@smtp.mandrillapp.com:587
Note
It seems that Mandrill is somehow sensitive to sender configuration; if it is not properly formulated, Mandill silently ignores an email.
Few generic advices how to manage Windows service manually. Ramona system provides wininstall (command-line) and winuninstall (command-line) that are equivalents but generic way can sometimes become handy.
To start service:
$ net start <service-name>
To stop service:
$ net stop <service-name>
To uninstall service:
$ sc delete <service-name>