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JMR
JMR

Reputation: 765

emailjs not working [node js]

i'm trying to use the emailjs (https://github.com/eleith/emailjs) for send emails with nodejs, but, it gives me an error: { [Error: timedout while connecting to smtp server] code: 4, smtp: undefined }

I'm trying to use hotmail, but I can use other, I only want this working. Any idea please?

 var email   = require("emailjs");
    var server  = email.server.connect({
       user:    "[email protected]", 
       password:"xxxyyyy", 
       host:    "smtp-mail.live.com", 
       ssl:     true
    });

    // send the message and get a callback with an error or details of the message that was sent
    server.send({
       text:    "i hope this works", 
       from:    "you <[email protected]>", 
       to:      "someone <[email protected]>",
       //cc:      "else <[email protected]>",
       subject: "testing emailjs"
    }, function(err, message) { console.log(err || message); });

Upvotes: 5

Views: 20400

Answers (5)

Rohit Yadav
Rohit Yadav

Reputation: 1

I think you can use this version

[email protected]

, For me, this is working in version 2.2.0 where version 3.0 and above will show the error.

npm i [email protected]

here is the example

Upvotes: 0

JHM16
JHM16

Reputation: 798

make sure you have installed exact package with same version

 npm i [email protected]

and try below code

var email = require("emailjs");
var server = email.server.connect({
user: "[email protected]",
password: "your-password",
host: "smtp.gmail.com",
ssl: true
});

server.send(
{
text: "Hey howdy",
from: "NodeJS",
to: "Wilson <[email protected]>",
cc: "",
subject: "Greetings"
},
function(err, message) {
 console.log(err || message);
}
);

seems latest version is not working its using es6 exports "[email protected]" but version still works fine . also don't forget to enable less secure setting for email address you are using with password .

Upvotes: 0

alditis
alditis

Reputation: 4817

Using Gmail

First: Required activate the use less secure apps at your own risk as indicated in the Gmail documentation. I use an account not very important for my tests:

https://myaccount.google.com/u/2/lesssecureapps?pageId=none

After:

var email   = require("emailjs");
var server  = email.server.connect({
   user:    "[email protected]", 
   password:"YOUR_PASSWORD", 
   host:    "smtp.gmail.com",
   ssl:     true
});

server.send({
   text:    "Hello world", 
   from:    "YOUR_NAME <[email protected]>", 
   to:      "FRIEND_NAME <[email protected]>",
   subject: "Hello"
}, function(err, message) { console.log(err || message); });

Additional Note: About how set "from" and displayed name in Gmail inbox:

Example 1:

Set "from" with only name.

from:    "YOUR_NAME", // Only name

In inbox display <>

YOUR_NAME <>                 Hello                                  18:11

Example 2:

Set "from" with name and emial.

from:    "YOUR_NAME <[email protected]>", // Name and email

In inbox not display <>

YOUR_NAME                    Hello                                  18:11

Upvotes: 2

Fadi Bitar
Fadi Bitar

Reputation: 79

Make sure you are linking the emailjs files correctly (check var email) or it won't work.

//Email stuff
var email   = require("./node_modules/emailjs/email");
var server  = email.server.connect({
   user:    "[email protected]",
   password:"INSERTPASSWORDHERE",
   host:    "smtp.gmail.com",
   ssl:     true
});

//If button is clicked then send email
    server.send({
      text: 'Hello World! \n\n Regards,\n INSERTNAMEHERE \n',
      from: 'Name',
      to: 'Name <[email protected]>',
      cc: '',
      subject: ''
    }, function (err, message) {
      console.log(err || message);
    });

Upvotes: 1

Wilson
Wilson

Reputation: 9136

I tested with the code below (using gmail) and it is working:

var email = require('emailjs');

var server = email.server.connect({
  user: '[email protected]',
  password: 'stackoverflow',
  host: 'smtp.gmail.com',
  ssl: true
});

server.send({
  text: 'Hey howdy',
  from: 'NodeJS',
  to: 'Wilson <[email protected]>',
  cc: '',
  subject: 'Greetings'
}, function (err, message) {
  console.log(err || message);
});

In my console the output is:

{ 
  attachments: [],
  alternative: null,
  header: { 
    'message-id': '<[email protected]>',
    date: 'Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:48:58 -0400',
    from: '=?UTF-8?Q?NodeJS?= <>',
    to: '=?UTF-8?Q?Wilson?= <[email protected]>',
    cc: '',
    subject: '=?UTF-8?Q?Greetings?=' 
 },
 content: 'text/plain; charset=utf-8',
 text: 'Hey howdy' 
}

Indeed I have received in my inbox the email message.

I suspect that you should use the host smtp.live.com instead of smtp-mail.live.com

Note: The account ([email protected]) used is a valid one I just created for testing purposes.

Upvotes: 4

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