Example of a `sendEmail` function that uses Mandrill and powerdrill

authentic-send-email-mandrill-example.js

var powerdrill = require('powerdrill')('your-api-key-here')
function sendEmail (emailOpts, cb) {
  var message = powerdrill()

  var to = emailOpts.email
  var from = 'Authentic Accounts <email@domain.com>'

  var subject, html
  if (emailOpts.type === 'signup') {
    subject = 'Confirm Your Account'
    html = 'Please <a href="' + emailOpts.confirmUrl + '">confirm your account to continue</a>.'
  } else if (emailOpts.type === 'change-password-request') {
    subject = 'Password Reset'
    html = 'If you would like to reset your password <a href="' + emailOpts.changeUrl + '">you may do so here</a>.'
  } else {
    return cb(new Error('Unknown email type'))
  }

  message
    .to(to)
    .from(from)
    .subject(subject)
    .html(html)
    .trackClicks(false)

  message.send(cb)
}