# Can send e-mail but the message is undefined

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-send-e-mail-but-the-message-is-undefined/53021>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [31 October 2021 19:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-send-e-mail-but-the-message-is-undefined/53021 "2021-10-31T19:29:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [1 November 2021 10:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-send-e-mail-but-the-message-is-undefined/53021/7 "2021-11-01T10:27:38Z")

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Kris, why are you using the `node-red-contrib-email-out` node? It hasn't been updated since May of 2017.

What is wrong with `node-red-node-email`?

Also, in order to make code more readable and importable it is important to surround your code with three backticks  
`````  
`like this`  
`````

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See this post for more details - [How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506)

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