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