Setting up email

[aii]

Hello,

How do you set up email on nodebb? I installed nodedb-plugin-emailer-local, but it doesn't seem to work for V 0.5.2..

[a_5mith]

@aii said:

but it doesn't seem to work for V 0.5.2..

Can you be a bit more specific? We're usually quite good at diagnosing issues, not so good with Clairvoyance.

Required info, what have you tried? Any errors when running ./nodebb log or ./nodebb dev?

To take the ease of your server, I'd recommend looking into emailer-mandrill, as they give you a free 12,000 emails per month.

[aii]

After I activate the plugin and click on Emailer (Local) from the intstalled plugins menu I get a 404:

"Not Found

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

No errors in the log, but there was this warning:

warn: [plugins/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local] "callbacked" deprecated as of 0.4x. Use asynchronous method instead for hook: filter:admin.header.build

./nodebb dev gave me this warning:

warn: Route requested but not found: /admin/plugins/emailer-smtp

[PitaJ]

@aii @a_5mith

I think that error means that you've installed the wrong emailer plugin. There are two, one works and one doesn't.

I think @psychobunny knows something about this.

[song19891121]

@aii the same question I met.looking for help, too.

[peter]

Follow these steps to get it working

go to extend > plugins
look for Emailer (Mandrill)
install and activate plugin
restart nodebb
go to mandrill, generate and copy api key
go to your nodebb > installed plugins > emailer (mandrill)
paste api key and click save

To test email, go to settings > email and then click on send test email

[julian]

Use the local emailer plugin under the NodeBB name:

npm i nodebb-plugin-emailer-local

[Ted Winslow]

So things have changed and now mandrill is shutting down. What emailer alternatives are there?

[julian]

I recommend SendGrid

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