How to send emails from my server with a mail server and nodejs
Solution 1
I just had to do this as well, but I am running my node server on an Azure virtual Ubuntu Linux server. I imagine the same steps would work from your home server if you're running Ubuntu. Here is what I found worked:
I installed the postfix email server using this guide:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix
It looked like a lot of work at first, but it worked for me pretty easily.
I found the easiest way to send the outgoing email from node.js was to use emailjs:
http://github.com/eleith/emailjs.git
I found that emails sent often end up being marked as spam. To help avoid this, you can go to wherever you manage your domain name (I use enom) and then configure an SPF record to help make your outgoing email look legit.
Here is my node.js module to send emails using emailjs:
var email = require("emailjs");
postfixSend = function postfixSend(emailInfo, callback) {
var server = email.server.connect({
user: "yourEmailAccountUser",
password: "yourPassword",
host: "localhost",
ssl: false
});
server.send({
text: emailInfo.msg,
from: emailInfo.from,
to: emailInfo.to,
subject: emailInfo.subject
}, function(err, message) {
callback(err);
});
}
exports.postfixSend = postfixSend;
Solution 2
i solve de problem with this...
i add some users in the sasldb2 and the emailjs works pretty well.
first of all install the postfix using the Svbaker tutorial but,
edit /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf adding the following lines instead:
pwcheck_method: auxprop
auxprop_plugin: sasldb
mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN
thnx all your help, specially @Svbaker and serve you the solution to this problem.
andrescabana86
Updated on June 04, 2022Comments
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andrescabana86 almost 2 years
I have a server with static IP in my home, I serve my own web pages with a domain and all works fine.
in my web pages, you can register by email and password. when you register a node module called nodemailer, sends an email from a google account, the problem is that the google account has a limit of the sent emails.
so I need to connect the nodemailer module to a server in my own home.
I search on google but nothing similar has the answer.
how to use postfix with nodejs??
or how to use haraka module with nodemailer
https://github.com/baudehlo/Haraka
so I repeat my question, I need to send an email from my server to any email user that register in my web.
for example...
user [email protected] register in my web
nodemailer configuration is...
exports.newRegistration=function(parametros,callback) { var mailOptions = { from: "<[email protected]>",//my email to: parametros.useremail,//user email subject: 'Welcome '+parametros.useremail+'.', html: '<br><b>Hello</b><br>'+ // html }; var smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport("SMTP", { service: "Gmail", secureConnection: true, auth: { user: "[email protected]", pass: "7ftera359c28a", }, }); smtpTransport.sendMail(mailOptions, function(err, response) { if(err) { smtpTransport.close(); console.warn(err); return callback(err,null); }else{ smtpTransport.close(); return callback(null,response); } }); }
the email sends ok, but it has a limit per day.
so I need to use an email server to send my emails with no limit.... tnx
EDIT 2
i install mailutils with apt-get
and now i try
mail [email protected] Cc: // press enter Subject: Welcome Hello Mail. // Ctrl+D
this sends emails to my mailbox and I receive in SPAM an email sent from [email protected]
so, postfix is working, but I still can't send emails with emailjs or nodemailer...
when I try to send emails with emails or nodemailer I get this
smtp: '535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: generic failure\n'
I search in google that error and is and auth login error, I can't login to the system. so I try with telnet
telnet localhost 25 ehlo localhost 250-mydomain.com 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN 250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN mail to: [email protected] 501 5.5.4 Syntax: MAIL FROM:<address> mail from: [email protected] 250 2.1.0 Ok rcpt to: [email protected] 451 4.3.0 <[email protected]>: Temporary lookup failure data 554 5.5.1 Error: no valid recipients AUTH LOGIN 503 5.5.1 Error: MAIL transaction in progress
I try again
220 mydomain.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) ehlo localhost 250-mydomain.com 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN 250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN AUTH LOGIN 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 UbuntuUser 535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: another step is needed in authentication
and again with root
220 mydomain.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) ehlo localhost 250-mydomain.com 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN 250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN auth login 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 root 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 rootPassword 535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: another step is needed in authentication
this is the log file
Jun 20 15:50:16 myname postfix/smtpd[12528]: warning: localhost[127.0.0.1]: SASL login authentication failed: another step is needed in authentication
and that's it... where is the problem in this???
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andrescabana86 almost 11 yearsi have an error: { [Error: authorization.failed] code: 3, previous: { [Error: bad response on command 'N2Z0ZXJhMzU5YzI4YQ=='] code: 2, smtp: '535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: generic failure\n' }, smtp: undefined }