Can't edit nodebb-plugin-emailer-local settings

[Guiri]

Going to the Emailer (Local) plugin page results in a 404:

Not Found
You seem to have stumbled upon a page that does not exist. Return to the home page.

The npm installed without any warnings or errors in terminal.

Redis server version 2.4.10
NodeBB 0.4.2
Node v0.10.20
RHEL 6.5 w/ 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64

Running tail -f on the log, the following is produced when I click on the Emailer (Local) plugin page:

io: 1 on [ 'user.getOnlineUsers', [], [Function: ack] ]
io: 1 on [ '*',
  { name: 'user.getOnlineUsers', args: [ [] ] },
  [Function: ack] ]
io: 1 on [ 'widgets.render',
  { template: '404.tpl', url: '404', location: 'sidebar' },
  [Function: ack] ]
io: 1 on [ '*',
  { name: 'widgets.render', args: [ [Object] ] },
  [Function: ack] ]
io: 1 on [ 'widgets.render',
  { template: '404.tpl', url: '404', location: 'footer' },
  [Function: ack] ]
io: 1 on [ '*',
  { name: 'widgets.render', args: [ [Object] ] },
  [Function: ack] ]
io: 1 on [ 'meta.buildTitle', '404', [Function: ack] ]
io: 1 on [ '*',
  { name: 'meta.buildTitle', args: [ '404' ] },
  [Function: ack] ]

[finid]

@Guiri

That plugin has not been updated to work with the latest NodeBB. You might have to use another plugin that will give you access to a 3rd party email service, like Mandrill.

[Guiri]

Thanks, Mandrill works nicely. I was concerned about pricing but they have a Free tier.

[finid]

@Guiri said:

Thanks, Mandrill works nicely. I was concerned about pricing but they have a Free tier.

Yes, I use the free tier and even with all the spam, I'm not even coming close to maxing out.

[psychobunny]

I actually forked the plugin and updated to 0.4x

npm install git://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local

but of course, Mandrill is probably a better option in general

[finid]

@psychobunny said:

I actually forked the plugin and updated to 0.4x

Now, that's a reason we need to find a way for new and old users to discover available plugins

[SPHINX]

@psychobunny
npm install git://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local
seems to hang at:

npm verb lock git://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local /root/.npm/686ec736-unny-nodebb-plugin-emailer-local.lock
npm verb addRemoteGit [ 'git://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local',
npm verb addRemoteGit 'master' ]

Any advice? Anyone successfully used this fork?

[julian]

@SPHINX please give nodebb-plugin-emailer-nodemailer a try instead

[SPHINX]

@julian said:

nodebb-plugin-emailer-nodemailer

If I try: npm install nodebb-plugin-emailer-nodemailer

I get: npm ERR! 404 'nodebb-plugin-emailer-nodemailer' is not in the npm registry.

[julian]

@SPHINX Ah, nevermind, seems that plugin doesn't exist anymore... can you try installing @psychobunny's fork via npm install again?

[SPHINX]

@julian Tried again, still get the same error for his fork:

npm install --verbose git://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local
...
npm verb lock git://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local /root/.npm/686ec736-unny-nodebb-plugin-emailer-local.lock
npm verb addRemoteGit [ 'git://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local',
npm verb addRemoteGit 'master' ]

[SPHINX]

Hold on, might have found something on my end...
Yes, firewall blocking the git port. Fixing...

[julian]

Could you try using git+https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local instead, perhaps?

[SPHINX]

@julian Perfect. That will do it. Installed. Now testing...

[SPHINX]

Settings page now visible for emailer local.
Still waiting for an email to make it through to confirm things are working.

[SPHINX]

No sign of any emails making it out of NodeBB.

I am using exim4 (locally obviously). Sending from a shell prompt using the 'mail' command works fine, so I have to assume it works.

Best way to debug NodeBB issues?

[SPHINX]

Right, so from the log:

warn: [emailer.smtp] Unable to send reset email to uid 2!!

[SPHINX]

Debugging complete. Found the following error: 503 AUTH command used when not advertised

So to hack a fix, I had to comment out the 'auth' portion of the nodemailerTransport config object in index.js (lines 24-27).

Long route to get there, but emails are now working.
Thanks for your help. Hopefully things are smoother with the next stable release.
I should probably fork and do a nicer fix for others to use. Will add to my todo list.

[SPHINX]

If anyone else needs the (nicer) fix, here it is:

npm install git+https://github.com/SPHINX--/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local

[julian]

@SPHINX Thanks! I've opened up a pull request back to @psychobunny's repository.

https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local/pull/1