# Node-red-node-email authenticate users

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**Created:** [21 August 2025 18:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-email-authenticate-users/98772 "2025-08-21T18:17:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![kolaval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kolaval/32/102856_2.png) [@kolaval](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kolaval)\
**Post date:** [21 August 2025 18:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-email-authenticate-users/98772/1 "2025-08-21T18:17:48Z")

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Hi @knolleary,

I’m using the email MTA node to listen for incoming conections.  
I see there is an “Authenticate users” option.  
Can I load the users form database into a global context when node-red starts and use that?  
If so do you have a sample?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [21 August 2025 19:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-email-authenticate-users/98772/2 "2025-08-21T19:43:30Z")

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Hi @kolaval, welcome to the forum.

Please do not tag people specifically. There are plenty of folk here who can respond.

What you are asking is not _easily_ possible at this time however your request is quite valid so I have raised a feature request here: [FR: Allow Email MTA Users list to be provided from a source · Issue #1102 · node-red/node-red-nodes · GitHub](https://github.com/node-red/node-red-nodes/issues/1102)

You may have to implement this yourself inside Node-RED - it should not be so difficult to do. You could adapt the source from [node-red-nodes/social/email/61-email.js at master · node-red/node-red-nodes · GitHub](https://github.com/node-red/node-red-nodes/blob/master/social/email/61-email.js#L625) and import `smtp-server` (on the function setup tab) of a `function` node.

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**Author:** ![kolaval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kolaval/32/102856_2.png) [@kolaval](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kolaval)\
**Post date:** [22 August 2025 02:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-email-authenticate-users/98772/3 "2025-08-22T02:59:40Z")

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Apologies for tagging I assumed after reading other posts.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [20 November 2025 02:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-email-authenticate-users/98772/4 "2025-11-20T02:59:51Z")

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