I am trying to send a email in meteor with process.env and smtp gmail

Question

I am using the following to send emails which works on localhost but not my server.

// server
Meteor.startup(function () {
    process.env.MAIL_URL="smtp://uername%40gmail.com:password@smtp.gmail.com:465/"; 
});

I get the follow error in my logs(it seems like google is blocking it for some reason, is there a way to stop that?

[162.243.52.235] 534-5.7.14 Learn more at
534 5.7.14 https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=78754 l10sm1017845qae.41 - gsmtp
    at SMTPClient._actionAUTHComplete (/opt/meteor/app/programs/server/npm/email/main/node_modules/simplesmtp/lib/client.js:826:23)
    at SMTPClient._onData (/opt/meteor/app/programs/server/npm/email/main/node_modules/simplesmtp/lib/client.js:329:29)
    at CleartextStream.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at CleartextStream.<anonymous> (_stream_readable.js:746:14)
    at CleartextStream.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:92:17)
    at emitReadable_ (_stream_readable.js:408:10)
    at _stream_readable.js:401:7
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:415:13)

This is the event that I think sends initiates the email sending. I know that meteor is now setup to use mailgun, is there a way to modify this to just use mailgun instead of meteor without process.env?

Template.forgotPassword.events({
    'submit #forgotPasswordForm': function(e, t) {
        e.preventDefault();

        var forgotPasswordForm = $(e.currentTarget),
            email = trimInput(forgotPasswordForm.find('#forgotPasswordEmail').val().toLowerCase());

        if (isNotEmpty(email) && isEmail(email)) {
            Accounts.forgotPassword({email: email}, function(err) {
                if (err) {
                    if (err.message === 'User not found [403]') {
                        Session.set('alert', 'This email does not exist.');
                    } else {
                        Session.set('alert', 'We\'re sorry but something went wrong.');
                    }
                } else {
                    Session.set('alert', 'Email Sent. Please check your mailbox to reset your password.');

                }
            });
        }
        return false;
    },

    'click #returnToSignIn': function(e, t) {
        Session.set('showForgotPassword', null);
        return false;
    },
});

Packages already installed

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You should not include clear-text (or uri-encoded) passwords in app code. Better to set an environment variable (more secure). Better still--enable 2-factor authentication (for gmail) and then setup an app password (see https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833 ). That way if your app or server is compromised, your gmail account is not and you can revoke app access. — gb96, Mar 24 '15 at 03:53

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '14 at 16:45

9

You need to URL encode your username and password else Meteor confuses the two '@' signs with each other.

You could do this in your JS console (with encodeURIComponent(username)) and usually end up with something like

user%40gmail.com:password@smtp.gmail.com:465

You could use Mailgun in the same way, or Mandrill, or any other smtp provider. It's just the username format causing the issues.

answered Jun 24 '14 at 16:45

Tarang

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Unfortuantely I tried that before and that didnt work, but it is that way now. I still get the error in my logs basically telling me google denied me [162.243.52.235] 534-5.7.14 Learn more at 534 5.7.14 https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=78754 c2sm1240459qan.18 - gsmtp – Anders Kitson Jun 24 '14 at 16:50
Does your password have any of `@`, `:`, `.` in it? – Tarang Jun 24 '14 at 16:53
just words and numbers, no special characters. – Anders Kitson Jun 24 '14 at 17:03
I've edited Anders' question to not detract from the real problem due to the double @ problem. Is this answer still useful? – Dan Dascalescu Jul 25 '14 at 03:00

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '15 at 10:18

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I encountered a similar problem. The method send email work locally but not on the hosting modulus. For my part this was due to a blocking google security (access to my gmail account from Seattle while I live in France has probably seemed fishy to google). I went through several pages to authorize less strict connections to my gmail account. On this page I saw the blockage. So I allowed the less secure applications and allowed access to my account.

If it helps someone ..

answered Aug 07 '15 at 10:18

d4v

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God, that wasn't obvious. Many thanks for sharing this – Alexandre Bourlier Sep 23 '15 at 19:40
This was my issue as well, here you have a guide about how to allow less secure apps. https://hotter.io/docs/email-accounts/secure-app-gmail/ – Hola Soy Edu Feliz Navidad Feb 08 '20 at 15:54

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 25 '14 at 03:01

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Just use the email package with

meteor add email

Then sending email will work. Mine works with port 587 in my config.

Meteor.startup(function () {
    process.env.MAIL_URL = 'smtp://user%40gmail.com:password@smtp.gmail.com:587';
});

edited Jul 25 '14 at 03:01

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answered Jun 24 '14 at 16:45

I have email installed and port 587 is just giving me more errors in my logs. – Anders Kitson Jun 24 '14 at 17:01
This approach is inadvisable if the above code is in your repo. Preferably, you pass the MAIL_URL in your settings.json file. Also, the port should 465. – Day Davis Waterbury Jun 20 '19 at 21:45

I am trying to send a email in meteor with process.env and smtp gmail

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