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Jyoti Ranjan
Jyoti Ranjan

Reputation: 1

Not Receiving Emails with Nodemailer despite Successful Response

I'm having trouble with my Node.js application where I'm using Nodemailer to send emails through a contact form. The request seems to be processing correctly, and I'm getting a successful response from the Nodemailer sendMail method, but I'm not receiving any emails in my inbox.

Setup:

Backend: Node.js with Express and Nodemailer Email Service: Gmail (using SMTP) Environment: Local development on localhost

require('dotenv').config();
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const cors = require('cors');
const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

const app = express();

// CORS Middleware
app.use(cors({
    origin: 'http://localhost:3000',
    methods: ['GET', 'POST'],
    credentials: true,
}));

// Middleware
app.use(express.json());

// Nodemailer setup
const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
    service: 'gmail',
    auth: {
        user: process.env.EMAIL_USER,
        pass: process.env.EMAIL_PASS
    }
});

// Contact Form API endpoint
app.post('/api/contact', (req, res) => {
    const { name, email, message } = req.body;

    const mailOptions = {
        from: email,
        to: process.env.EMAIL_USER,
        subject: `Contact Form Submission from ${name}`,
        text: message
    };

    transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, (error, info) => {
        if (error) {
            console.error("Error sending mail: ", error);
            return res.status(500).send(error.toString());
        }
        console.log('Message sent: %s', info.messageId);
        res.status(200).send('Message sent: ' + info.response);
    });
});

// Start the server
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 5000;
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`));

What I've Tried:

Verified that process.env.EMAIL_USER and process.env.EMAIL_PASS are set correctly. Tested with hardcoded email values to rule out issues with form data. Checked the spam/junk folder for the emails. Used Postman to send a test request and received a successful response (Message sent: 250 2.0.0 OK). Question: Despite receiving a success message from Nodemailer, I'm not getting any emails. Are there any common pitfalls or additional settings I should check to resolve this issue? Any insights or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 107

Answers (1)

usama sattar
usama sattar

Reputation: 32

The issue is in POST endpoint. The createTransport function is set up for process.env.EMAIL_USER while you are assiging this to "to". process.env.EMAIL_USER should go to "from" attribute and the email from body should go to "to" attribute.

 //fix
 const mailOptions = {
        from: process.env.EMAIL_USER,
        to: email,
        subject: `Contact Form Submission from ${name}`,
        text: message
    };

Upvotes: 0

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