The local emailer plugins don't work out of the box with SSL/TLS. But it's possible, because those plugins share the same settings. This workaround worked with my installation. Hope it will help you too.

Rem: If you've tried to setup the local emailer plugin, it will be better if you reset the local emailer settings in the database before you continue.

1. Go to your NodeBB directory. Install the plugins.

    $ cd ~/nodebb
    $ npm install nodebb-plugin-emailer-ssl-smtp
    $ npm install nodebb-plugin-emailer-local

2. Remove line 39 in the file "node_modules/nodebb-plugin-emailer-ssl-smtp/templates/admin/emailers/smtpssl.tpl".

	<!-- If you're using an older commit, use type="text". Or pulling the up-to-date version would be even better ;) -->

Or patch it like here: Source

3. Open the log

    $ ./nodebb log

4. Open the Homepage of your NodeBB-Forum. Login as Admin and open the Admin Panel.

5. Open ACP > EXTEND > Plugins
   Activate nodebb-plugin-emailer-ssl-smtp
   Don't activate nodebb-plugin-emailer-local
   
   Reload Forum
   Reload Page

6. Open ACP > INSTALLED PLUGINS > Emailer (Local) Smtp SSL
   Fill out the Settings
   
   Click "Save"-Button

7. Open ACP > SETTINGS > Email
   Enter the Email-Address. (If you forget it, you mails will be end up as spam)
   
   Click "Save Changes"-Button
   Click "Send Test Mail"-Button
   If the log shows this, continue:

22/4 13:05 [10871] - warn: [emailer.smtp] Unable to send `test` email to uid 1!!
22/4 13:05 [10871] - warn: [emailer.smtp] Unable to send `test` email to uid 1!!
22/4 13:05 [10871] - warn: [emailer.smtp] Unable to send `test` email to uid 1!!

8. Open ACP > EXTEND > Plugins
   Dectivate nodebb-plugin-emailer-ssl-smtp
   Activate nodebb-plugin-emailer-local
   
   Reload Forum
   Reload Page

9. Open ACP > SETTINGS > Email
   Click "Send Test Mail"-Button
   Watch log for:

22/4 13:09 [10871] - info: [emailer.smtp] Sent `test` email to uid 1
22/4 13:09 [10871] - info: [emailer.smtp] Sent `test` email to uid 1
22/4 13:09 [10871] - info: [emailer.smtp] Sent `test` email to uid 1

Done.

Kudos to @ahwayakchih. He was big help to get this running.

The complete help menu is displayed in english.
And the "COMPOSE" and "HIDE PREVIEW" Label also.

Should be a own widget.

Go to the Plugin control panel (/admin/plugins/dbsearch) and tap on "Re Index".

The popup is not localised and the search field contains a non-localised placeholder.

@Jenkler said:

• I dont have any emailer plugin installed but nodebb states "Emailer Installed" ?

What output give you ls node_modules | grep emailer?

If you get some thing like nodebb-plugin-emailer-local-0.7, you can use npm uninstall nodebb-plugin-emailer-local-0.7 to uninstall them.

To remove the mailer-prefs you have to go into the redis shell. redis-cli
Find the settings KEYS *mailer*. Example result: 1) "settings:emailer-local" and remove it DEL settings:emailer-local. And exit.

Finaly restart nodebb.

• Why kan i only dowload from "https://github.com/mario56/nodebb-plugin-emailer-local-0.7" in the <-- Is this the NodeBB main repository?

I thought exactly the same.

But this mario56 plugin it seems to work with SSL! (v0.7.0)

@meetdilip

Yes, but how @Jenkler said:

Yeah I know, but it would be better with at working plugin where settings for ssl and google smtp works.

I agree that.

@Dehbuff said:

Why can't install nodebb on shared host?, I have a shared hosting account (with cloudlinux) and i can install perfectly Ghost from softacolous
I really like nodebb , but do not want to invest time in managing a virtual server.

I installed an earlier version on a shared host.

nodebb mongo setup breaks.

npm WARN installMany nopt was bundled with node-pre-gyp@0.6.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree
npm WARN installMany npmlog was bundled with node-pre-gyp@0.6.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree
npm WARN installMany request was bundled with node-pre-gyp@0.6.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree
npm WARN installMany semver was bundled with node-pre-gyp@0.6.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree
npm WARN installMany tar was bundled with node-pre-gyp@0.6.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree
npm WARN installMany tar-pack was bundled with node-pre-gyp@0.6.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree
npm WARN installMany mkdirp was bundled with node-pre-gyp@0.6.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree
npm WARN installMany rc was bundled with node-pre-gyp@0.6.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree
npm WARN installMany rimraf was bundled with node-pre-gyp@0.6.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree

> bson-ext@0.1.7 install /home/nodemail/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/node_modules/bson/node_modules/bson-ext
> (node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build) || (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)

make: Entering directory `/home/nodemail/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/node_modules/bson/node_modules/bson-ext/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bson/ext/bson.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bson.node
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bson.node: Finished
  COPY Release/bson.node
make: Leaving directory `/home/nodemail/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/node_modules/bson/node_modules/bson-ext/build'
connect-mongo@0.8.1 node_modules/connect-mongo
├── depd@1.0.1
├── debug@2.2.0 (ms@0.7.1)
└── lodash@3.9.3

mongodb@2.0.33 node_modules/mongodb
├── readable-stream@1.0.31 (isarray@0.0.1, inherits@2.0.1, string_decoder@0.10.31, core-util-is@1.0.1)
└── mongodb-core@1.1.32 (kerberos@0.0.12, bson@0.3.2)
2/6 10:34 [25466] - error: NodeBB could not connect to your Mongo database. Mongo returned the following error: auth failed
2/6 10:34 [25466] - warn: NodeBB Setup Aborted.
 MongoError: auth failed

But Auth data is correct.

By far: How to import the nodebb-data from redid to mongo?

@nhl.pl said:

You can still try to use MongoDB or LevelDB.

Yes. I'll give it a try.

No Cloud. The data shall not be under somebody else control. Specially not spread anywhere in the world. (-> federal data protection act)

You're in Poland? "Dzień dobry!"
You should know about such things (http://www.giodo.gov.pl)

@pichalite
Not really. Dropping NodeBB could be the other one.

@pichalite said:

Should be fixed now. update to latest version of the plugin.

No Update available.

It's not possible. So what to do now?

P.S.: WTF is this flaw marked as closed ???
GH#3175

firelad97 created this issue in NodeBB/NodeBB

closed Can't add users to group #3175