# Setting up email send node from the Dashboard (dynamic credentials)

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-up-email-send-node-from-the-dashboard-dynamic-credentials/31814>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [21 August 2020 07:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-up-email-send-node-from-the-dashboard-dynamic-credentials/31814 "2020-08-21T07:52:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![tymarbut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e5b9ba/32.png) [@tymarbut](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tymarbut)\
**Post date:** [21 August 2020 07:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-up-email-send-node-from-the-dashboard-dynamic-credentials/31814/1 "2020-08-21T07:52:38Z")

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This isn't really a Dashboard question (just involves the Dashboard), so I'll post in General:

If we disregard the actual advisability of entering an email address and its password into a dashboard (that's its own issue), is there technically a way to get email credentials into the email node (and thereby into the credentials file) via the Dashboard/the msg object?

I've been experimenting a little with making flows that edit themselves (create a backup of the flows file, edit the flows file itself, and restart Node Red). So, I'm willing to go a little deeper than just passing the email node a "msg.from" and "msg.password", which obviously doesn't work (I tried anyway). However, I assume one does not simply edit the credentials file, since things in it are hashed...? Again, advisability aside...

Any ideas?

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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 October 2020 07:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-up-email-send-node-from-the-dashboard-dynamic-credentials/31814/2 "2020-10-20T07:52:40Z")

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