nodeMailer error nodejs: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:587

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I writed this code in node.js - visual studio code, the database is mongoDB atlas (the code sends mail with token details after login):

function sendMail(email, name, tkn) {
    let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
        service: 'workers',
        auth: {
            user: process.env.EMAIL_ADDRESS,
            pass: process.env.EMAIL_PASSWORD
        }
    });

    let mailOptions = {
        from: process.env.MAIL,
        to: email,
        subject: `welcome ${name}`,
        text: `your token is ${tkn} `
    };
transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function (err, info) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        console.log('email sent:' + info.response);
    }
});
}

const checkPermission = async (req, res) => {
    try {
        /*let employed = */await Employed.findOne({
            email: req.body.email,
            password: req.body.password
        }).then((employed) => {
                const token = jwt.sign({ id: employed._id }, process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
                sendMail(employed.email, employed.full_name, token);
                res.status(200).send(`successfull login ${employed}`)
            })
    } catch (err) {
        res.status(400).send(`error: ${err.message}`);
    }
}

this is the postman:

localhost:4000/checkPermission

it runs but the mail is not sended and i get this error in the terminal:

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:587
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1146:16) {
  errno: -4078,
  code: 'ESOCKET',
  syscall: 'connect',
  address: '127.0.0.1',
  port: 587,
  command: 'CONN'
}

do you know what the problem is? thanks ahead!

ECONNREFUSED typically means there is no process listening on that machine on that port or the firewall does not allow to connect to that port. Is there a mailserver up and running on your local machine? — derpirscher, Jun 13 '21 at 14:40
and write app.listen(4000, () => { console.log("listening on port 4000!!") }) and itws listening — yael h, Jun 13 '21 at 14:46
`nodemailer` is not a mailserver. It's a library that connects to an SMTP server you specify and sends mails via that server. And as you seemlingly didn't provide any server address it tries to connect to a SMTP server on localhost — derpirscher, Jun 13 '21 at 14:47
Does this answer your question? [Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:465 nodemailer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38024428/error-connect-econnrefused-127-0-0-1465-nodemailer) — derpirscher, Jun 13 '21 at 14:50
it listens on port 4000, this is the code: const connectionParams = { newUrlParser: true, useCreateIndex: true, useUnifiedTopology: true/*, useFindAndModify:false*/ } mongoose.connect(process.env.DB_CONNECT, connectionParams) .then(() => { console.log("connected successfuly!!") }).catch((err) => { console.log("error connection") }) app.use(express.json()); app.use('/', router); app.listen(4000, () => { console.log("listening on port 4000!!") }) — yael h, Jun 13 '21 at 14:51
Yes you have some express HTTP server listening on port 4000. But what does this have to do with your nodemailer trying to connect to an SMTP server at '127.0.0.1:587` For sending emails, you have to use an SMTP server. It's quite unlikely, that you have one your installed on your local machine ... — derpirscher, Jun 13 '21 at 14:52

nodeMailer error nodejs: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:587

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