# How to use Timer on Dashboard with E-mail Notification

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-timer-on-dashboard-with-e-mail-notification/34537
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [20 October 2020 05:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-timer-on-dashboard-with-e-mail-notification/34537 "2020-10-20T05:51:01Z")
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#### Post date: [20 October 2020 06:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-timer-on-dashboard-with-e-mail-notification/34537/2 "2020-10-20T06:06:44Z")

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Check out the email module/node library

> **[node-red-node-email](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-node-email#:~:text=%20node-red-node-email%201.8.0%20%201%20Pre-requisite.%20You%20will,password%20%2C%20or%20enable%20less%20secure...%20More%20)**
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> Node-RED nodes to send and receive simple emails.

As for getting the values to set the timers via the UI, check out the time picker UI feature, which is part of the ui-text widget.

> [@Time Picker on Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-picker-on-dashboard/8146):
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> Hi, I'm fairly new to node-red and I'm looking for a way to put a time picker on the node-red dashboard as part of a user-friendly AI. Does anyone have any plugins or any idea of how to do this? Thanks.

And if you need information on controlling GPIO pins.  
[node-red-node-pi-gpio (node) - Node-RED](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-node-pi-gpio).

Although I like using the service or daemon based option for controlling GPIO pins.

> **[node-red-node-pi-gpiod](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-node-pi-gpiod)**
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> A node-red node for PiGPIOd

How to implement the timers for on and off? That depends a bit on how you create the actual flow. I would work on how to use the various components above, gain some experience with same, then think about how you might want to implement the timer(s), or scheduling.

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