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Canon scan to email with Microsoft 365: the settings that work

Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE printers send scans by plain SMTP, and Microsoft 365 no longer accepts that directly. The fix is to point the printer at a relay on your network that does the modern authentication for it. These are the settings, in Remote UI (the printer's web page). They apply to imageRUNNER ADVANCE, imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX, imageFORCE, i-SENSYS and imageCLASS; menu names differ a little between firmware generations.

Before you start

Settings in Remote UI (the printer's web page)

Open Settings/Registration → Function Settings → Send → E-Mail/I-Fax Settings → Communication Settings (on i-SENSYS and imageCLASS: Settings/Registration → TX Settings → E-Mail/I-Fax Settings) and set:

FieldValue
SMTP Serverthe SMTP-365 appliance's IP address
E-Mail Addressthe scanner mailbox address, for example scanner@yourdomain
SMTP Authentication / Use SMTP AuthenticationOff
Allow TLS (SMTP TX) / Use TLS for SMTPOff
POP before SMTPOff

Port. Settings/Registration → Function Settings → Send → E-Mail/I-Fax Settings → Specify Port Number for SMTP TX/POP RX, set SMTP TX to 2525 (i-SENSYS: on the same E-Mail/I-Fax page).

Save, and restart the printer if it asks. Nothing else in the email setup needs to change: the address book, scan-to-me, scan-to-folder and fax forwarding are unaffected.

Model note. Newer imageRUNNER ADVANCE firmware has a Check SMTP Connection button on the Communication Settings page; use it after saving. Canon requires the E-Mail Address field to be filled even though the appliance can override the sender.

Test it

Send a scan to your own address from the panel, or use Scan and Send with a one-off address. Within a few seconds it should arrive from the scanner mailbox. On the appliance, the Status page shows the job as delivered. To scan to SharePoint, add a route and put its address in the printer's address book.

If the test message does not arrive

What you seeLikely causeFix
Connection failed / cannot connect to serverWrong relay address or port, or the device's subnet is not in the relay's allowed sourcesCheck the address and port; on the appliance, Settings → Devices, add the device's subnet
554 5.7.1 Relaying denied (or the connection closes at once)The device's IP is not among the appliance's devicesAdd the address or subnet under Settings → Devices on the appliance
Authentication or certificate error on the deviceAuthentication or TLS is still switched on in the deviceSet authentication to none/off and SSL/TLS to off; the relay is plain SMTP on the LAN
Device says sent, nothing arrivesDelivery to Microsoft 365 failed and the job is held or failedOpen the appliance's Status page: held and failed jobs show the reason and can be re-queued
Arrives, but from the wrong addressThe device's own From address is being usedTurn on the sender override on the appliance so every message is sent from the scanner mailbox

Why this is the right fix

The printer goes back to plain SMTP on the LAN, with no mailbox password stored in it and no TLS to fail on old firmware. The appliance holds one application identity in your tenant with at most three permissions (Mail.Send, Sites.Selected, and Mail.ReadWrite for large attachments; apply the Exchange scope the setup page gives you to limit the mail permissions to your scanner mailbox), sends every scan as your scanner mailbox, and delivers through Microsoft Graph. The same appliance serves every other Canon device on the site, every other brand, and the UPS, NAS and servers that also need to send email. Background: what Microsoft changed.

Fix it once, for every device. SMTP-365 is a small appliance on your network that accepts plain SMTP from printers, UPSs, servers, NAS and phone systems and delivers it into your own Microsoft 365 tenant with modern authentication. One licence covers every device on the site. Download the free 30-day trial See pricing

Updated 2026-10-10. Menu names and screens vary between models and firmware versions; if yours differs, look for the same fields under the device's email, SMTP or notification settings. Corrections welcome at helpdesk@smtp-365.com.