Node-red-node-email

General
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with the node-red email do I need to set any thing else up so that it is able to send to my local SMTP server that is on the same network I know how to configure the smtp server (windows).
but I dont know how the Pi see the smtp server on my existing network (yes I know what it's IP address is)

the node-red email is sending the message but it does not get to my local server

again I hope this makes sense

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How have you configured the email node?
Does it give an error when you attempt to send an email?

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no it appears to be sending (it set up in the same way I would do a windows one)

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yes I am using the ip address so there is no need to name resolve

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I think that means it is getting to the server.
Look in the mail server log and see what it says.

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that's the problem it does not appear to get there (it could be the sending address issue but I cant see where you specify who the email has come from)

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Is that from the server log or do you actually mean it does not get to the recipient?

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I can't see it coming into the server

9

Is that from the server log?
If you send a message via that server from another client do you see it in the server log?

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yes
I think I need to set the from address I cant see where you set this up or see what it is?

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By default it is the username you use to login to your server. Or you can set msg.from

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sorry I only sort of understand this! Im already sending my devices msg.payload to the email node how would I also add the msg.from?

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Yes it was the from address causing the issue I think I have now worked it out

Mank thanks

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Are you saying that if you don't set msg.from then the email node says it has sent ok but it never gets to the server? That sounds odd. I can imagine it getting rejected by the server but I would have expected that to be noted at the server and at the node (I think).

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Yes that is correct I know I tied the server down along time ago so I am guessing it is somewhere I just can't remember where

what I don't get is where do you find that you can even set the msg.from setting?
and how it all links together is a bit confusing

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If you click on the node then click the i tab in te right hand pane it will show you the info for the node. In there is tells you which properties it uses. For how node-red all fits together look at the node-red docs where you will find a lot of useful stuff. For the specific issue you raise there is a section Working With Messages in the User guide, but it would be worth looking through the whole guide.

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