Node-red-node-email headers format

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G'day,
I was wanting to add a header in an email sent via the node-red-node-email node but I am having trouble with the format of the headers element.

I have tried both a simple string "X-header-name: value" and a JSON object {"X-header-name": "value"} but they are not coming through with the email.

Is there some other format that the underlying nodemailer library is requiring?

Thanks for any input on this.

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Reading the help text the "X-header-name" should be sent in msg.headers
eg
in a change node
set msg. headers["X-header-name"]
to value string value

In a function node

msg.headers = {};
msg.headers["X-header-name"] = "value";
return msg;
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Thanks @E1cid
I tried a setting the header in that way in an inject node and also in a function node.
Both present like this in a debug:

headers: object
    X-header-name: "value"

But the header is not included in the email received.

Quite strange.

4

Could you try something:

  1. Edit your email node & remove the email address.
  2. In your function, set msg.to = "the_email@address" (where the_email@address is the email removed from step 1)

I don't know why but it seems headers won't be sent if the to field is set: node-red-nodes/social/email/61-email.js at ea48b6acdd469d8c790503459c3f96994e3eab9b · node-red/node-red-nodes · GitHub

@dceejay any thoughts on this ^?

5

TBH. No idea. Must have been a reason back in the mists of time…. But can’t recall now.

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6

G'day Steve,

Thanks for the suggestion.
That works.

Regards,
Christopher