Nodemailer v0.7 Gmail Example

index.js

const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

const transport = nodemailer.createTransport('smtp', {
  auth: {
    user: process.env.GMAIL_USER,
    pass: process.env.GMAIL_PASS,
  },
});

transport.sendMail({
  from: process.env.GMAIL_USER,
  to: process.env.GMAIL_USER,
  generateTextFromHTML: true,
  encoding: 'base64',
  subject: 'Hello world',
  html: '<b>Hello world</b>',
}, (err) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error('Error:', err.message);
  }

  transport.close();
});

Ghost uses Nodemailer v0.7, so this is a quick smoke test to check settings.

You need to enable 2-Step Verification and then create an App Password.

If auth.user includes @gmail.com, then Nodemailer will set service, host, port, and secureConnection automatically.

Usage:

echo '{"private":true,"dependencies":{"nodemailer":"0.7.1"}}' | tee package.json

npm install

wget https://gist.github.com/adamelliotfields/5afbc4503319e4ff03d38e74d90750d5/raw/95918e10235e759ffaaff3ca49563a3eaf6623ce/index.js

GMAIL_USER='your_gmail_username@gmail.com' GMAIL_PASS='your_app_password' node index.js