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node-red-node-email
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<a href="http://nodered.org" target="info">Node-RED</a> nodes to send and receive simple emails.
Pre-requisite
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You will need valid email credentials for your email server. For GMail this may mean
getting an application password if you have two-factor authentication enabled.
**Note :** Version 1.x of this node requires **Node.js v8** or newer.
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Install
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Version 0.x of this node is usually installed by default by Node-RED.
As long as you have at least version 0.19.x of Node-RED you can install the new version
by using the `Menu - Manage Palette` option, or running the following command in your
Node-RED user directory - typically `~/.node-red`
cd ~/.node-red
npm i node-red-node-email
GMail users
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If you are accessing GMail you may need to either enable <a target="_new" href="https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en">an application password</a>,
or enable <a target="_new" href="https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en">less secure access</a> via your Google account settings.</p>
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Usage
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Nodes to send and receive simple emails.
### Input
Repeatedly gets emails from an IMAP or POP3 server and forwards them onwards as messages if not already seen.
The subject is loaded into `msg.topic` and `msg.payload` is the plain text body.
If there is text/html then that is returned in `msg.html`. `msg.from` and
`msg.date` are also set if you need them.
Additionally `msg.header` contains the complete header object including
**to**, **cc** and other potentially useful properties.
**Note:** this node *only* gets the most recent single email from the inbox,
so set the repeat (polling) time appropriately.
Uses the *imap* npm module.
### Output
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Sends the `msg.payload` as an email, with a subject of `msg.topic`.
The default message recipient can be configured in the node, if it is left
blank it should be set using the `msg.to` property of the incoming message.
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You may optionally override the *from* email address by setting `msg.from`,
otherwise the node will use the `userid` setting from the server connection.
The payload can be html format.
If the payload is a binary buffer then it will be converted to an attachment.
The filename should be set using `msg.filename`. Optionally
`msg.description` can be added for the body text.
Alternatively you may provide `msg.attachments` which should contain an array of one or
more attachments in <a href="https://nodemailer.com/message/attachments/" target="_new">nodemailer</a> format.
Uses the *nodemailer* npm module.