SMTP using nodemailer in nodejs without GMail

Question

I am using node mailer with GMail

smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport("SMTP", {
    service: "Gmail",
    auth: {
        user: "myemail ",
        pass: "mypass"
    }
});

which is working fine, but I want to use my own email server instead of GMail.

This:

smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport("SMTP", {
    service: "mymailservr link url",
    port : 25
    auth: {
        user: "myemail ",
        pass: "mypass"
    }
});

It throws this error:

connect ECONNREFUSED

you sure the problem was not the typo? – Félix Adriyel Gagnon-Grenier Jun 12 '16 at 08:03 — Félix Adriyel Gagnon-Grenier, Jun 12 '16 at 08:03

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 29 '14 at 12:06

11

The service option is only for well-known services. To specify your own host, set host.

var smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport('SMTP', {
    host: 'yourserver.com',
    port: 25,
    auth: {
        user: 'username',
        pass: 'password'
    }
});

answered Sep 29 '14 at 12:06

jgillich

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m getting errror { [Error: connect ECONNREFUSED] code: 'ECONNREFUSED', errno: 'ECONNREFUSED', syscall: 'connect', stage: 'init' } – Hitu Sep 29 '14 at 12:11
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@Hitu What exactly are you passing as `host`? Since you wrote url in your question, are you sure you pass an actual hostname and not an url? Try `ping yourhostname` on the command line. – jgillich Sep 29 '14 at 12:21
host: 'exmaple.com.com.outbound10.mxlogic.net' like this – Hitu Sep 30 '14 at 03:04
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I was trying hell lot of things with `service` .. that one liner from u made all the differences .. thanks a lot – user2720864 Dec 18 '14 at 09:10
you sure the problem was not the typo? I get that feeling op just copy pasted your code. – Félix Adriyel Gagnon-Grenier Jun 12 '16 at 08:05
This works smoothly for me. I used the outgoing port – Hidayt Rahman Feb 21 '21 at 10:46

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 15 '20 at 14:54

make sure you have the latest NodeMailer version installed

as of today (15-jan-2020) it is v6.4.2

npm install nodemailer --save

This should work:

const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
   host: 'smtp.server.com', // <= your smtp server here
   port: 2525, // <= connection port
   // secure: true, // use SSL or not
   auth: {
      user: 'userId', // <= smtp login user
      pass: 'E73oiuoiC34lkjlkjlkjlkjA6Bok7DAD' // <= smtp login pass
   }
});

let mailOptions = {
   from: fromEmailAddress, // <= should be verified and accepted by service provider. ex. 'youremail@gmail.com'
   to: toEmailAddress, // <= recepient email address. ex. 'friendemail@gmail.com'
   subject: emailSubject, // <= email subject ex. 'Test email'
   //text: emailData.text, // <= for plain text emails. ex. 'Hello world'
   html: htmlTemplate // <= for html templated emails
};

// send mail with defined transport object
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, (error, info) => {
   if (error) {
      return console.log(error.message);
   }
   console.log('Message sent: %s', info.messageId);
});

Hope this helps, Thank you.

Do you have an example of a free on-premises hosted "smtp server" that can be installed on a LAN ? I am confused, it appears that nodemailer can be used as an smtp server, but all examples require an EXTERNAL product as an smtp-server ?! — joedotnot, May 31 '21 at 09:14

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 07 '16 at 14:57

var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
var smtpTransport = require("nodemailer-smtp-transport");

var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(smtpTransport({
    host : "example.com",
    port: 25,
    auth : {
        user : "username",
        pass : "password"
    }
}));

SMTP using nodemailer in nodejs without GMail

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