[nodebb-plugin-emailer-mailgun] Mailgun Integration

julian

Starting v0.3.0, NodeBB will require a third party emailer to send emails on its behalf. This plugin allows NodeBB to use the Mailgun service to send emails.

Installation

npm install nodebb-plugin-emailer-mailgun

Be sure to activate the plugin in the admin panel and set up the proper API key & domain.

Scuzz

@julian I have just installed this, added the api key and domain. Is there somewhere that i can email from in NodeBB or will i have to set up another program that will deal with emails?

julian

Hey @Scuzz -- This plugin is for enabling automated emails, like password reset and welcome emails. There's no facility for sending mass emails to members at the present time

Scuzz

@julian So it is coming then?

Thanks for the info.

julian

So it is coming then?

I believe @bentael has a plugin https://npmjs.org/package/nodebb-plugin-mailchimp

bentael

yea this just keeps tracks of all of your sign-ups in a MailChimp list, so you can email them easily, but it hasnt been tested with 0.3.1, i'll polish it up this weekend.

@Scuzz if you want to get fancy on a terminal, in the NodeBB Admin Panel > Users tab I believe, you can download a list of ALL of your users in CSV format, then use this utility mandrill-blast to email all of your users a template of your choice, it uses the Mandrill API which is the same product also owned by Mailchimp, so, single sign-on i think.

Scuzz

@bentael I was looking around mailgun last night and found something similar with that. I can send the email messages to a group of users with the command line; i can use the CSV file too.

julian

That's awesome! Glad the CSV file is coming in handy

Giorgio Chiodi

Hello @julian, what domain should I use?

julian

@giorgio-chiodi That depends where you want your emails to come from... For example, when we send emails from sales[@]nodebb.org, the domain is nodebb.org

Giorgio Chiodi

ok I understand, we've setup a sandbox mailgun domain for now

meetdilip

Can we use the email account like [email protected] ? Is this plug in a must have ?

xenofilodotcom

hey. all . i have installed the mailgun plugin ,and got the mailgun service , do i still need the postfix to integrate to communicate with mailgun service?

julian

Hey @xenofilodotcom -- you won't need Postfix if you use the Mailgun plugin. Just plug in your API key and secret (or whatever it needs of you), save, restart your NodeBB, and you should be good to go!

xenofilodotcom

@julian said:

Hey @xenofilodotcom -- you won't need Postfix if you use the Mailgun plugin. Just plug in your API key and secret (or whatever it needs of you), save, restart your NodeBB, and you should be good to go!

wow. thx so much for you quick reply , this is awesome! i have become your fan now!!

xenofilodotcom

hi , all , i got a new problem, that if register a new account, the mailgun will sent a mail to the new user email address , if i want retrieve the password for an exsited user , the nodebb will occur an error, tells me that error.invalid email .

julian

@xenofilodotcom You'll have to put in their email, not the username, if that's what you're trying...?

xenofilodotcom

@julian Yes. i put in the email address . not the username, ,i don't know what wrong with it..ps :I installed the nodebb on a fresh linode server.

Leonardo Galani

Hi...

dunno why.. its working now --'

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Anyone else getting double commas in the emails after the username - or just me?

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