Node-red-node-email Nodemailer config

[Bobo]

A number of years ago (literally) I made the below feature request regarding the Nodemailer config in the email node. Oddly enough for this group I never received a single reply.

After all these years, the issue remains. Any chance of it getting added?

Node-red-node-email - expose more Nodemailer options

I have a Hostgator shared hosting/domain account that I use as a play thing. I have spent a few days off and on trying to use my email server as the sending server, to no avail. I could send emails only to my own server, no further. There is a "name" config option (in Nodemailer) that seems to require setting to the name of the sending account. I don't believe this option can be set in msg.envelope, or anywhere else currently, but happy to be shown otherwise. If there is currently no way for …

[Steve-Mcl]

@Bobo

Oddly enough for this group I never received a single reply.

Here is a reply for you

I'm guessing there were not so many folk interested

@Bobo

After all these years, the issue remains. Any chance of it getting added?

If there are no takers, would you yourself be in a position to create a Pull Request? We can help direct you if you are unsure of what it takes.

[Bobo]

Thanks for the reply

Sure, I'll give it a go under some supervision. Will you be my teacher?
I wasn't sure whether any discussion needed to occur beforehand, so I didn't want to race off and do stuff only to find that that a reject notice had been slapped on me.

[Steve-Mcl]

Consider this feedback the "ok" to do "something" ¹.

Tools required/recommended:

1. git
2. vs-code (or similar)

General steps:

1. git clone the node-red-nodes repository
   • git clone git@github.com:node-red/node-red-nodes.git
2. create a branch
   • git checkout -b add-nodemailer-options
3. make your changes
4. test you changes
   • cd .node-red
   • npm i /path/to/your/modified/node/
   • node-red
5. add unit tests
   • they go here node-red-nodes/test/social/email/61-email_spec.js at master · node-red/node-red-nodes · GitHub
6. push your branch (use the vs code sync button - much easier than the command)
7. raise a pull request against master

If any of these steps are unfamiliar, just ask

¹ "something": please stick to the task at hand. It would be wise to discuss your intentions in here before writing lots of code. For example: Are you intending on permiting "options" via the edit form? or via msg? or both? Which ever way you go, try to chose a familiar design pattern established by other nodes that accept options via the msg or node edit form.