send-html-mail

Node.js script for sending HTML or Text emails from the command line

Requirements

• Node.js

Example

Body of an html email is stored in path/email.html to be sent to [email protected] and [email protected] with subject Hello world

Username: [email protected]

Password: 123456

Open a new shell (PowerShell if windows), go to the folder where the repo was cloned to and execute any of the following

node send --user [email protected] --pass 123456 --to [email protected] [email protected] --subject "TEST mail" --body "path/email.html"

node send -u [email protected] -p 123456 -t [email protected] [email protected] -s "TEST mail" -b "path/email.html"

node send -u [email protected] -p 123456 -t [email protected] -t [email protected] -s "TEST mail" -b "path/email.html"

Options

• Username: --user or -u

  Username. Required. Must be a valid email ID. If variable is absent, environment variable MGUSERNAME is used

• Password: --pass or -p

  Password. Required. If variable is absent, environment variable MGPASSWORD is used

• Service: --service

  Default value is "Mailgun". List of supported services are here

• Proxy Server: --proxy

  If variable is absent, environment variable HTTP_PROXY is used. The proxy server must support SMTP transport

• To: --to -t

  Recipients. At least one is required

• Cc: --cc -c

• Bcc: --bcc

• Subject: --subject -s

• ReplyTo: --replyTo -r

  ReplyTo address. If present, must be a valid Email ID

• From: --from -f

  Must be a valid email ID. Default value is the Username

• Name: --name -n

  Sender's displayed name

• Body: --body -b

  Body of the mail. Must be a valid file path.

• Headers: --headers -h

  Additional mail headers. The string must be JSON. For example:

  --headers "{`"X-Mailgun-Campaign-Id`":`"foobar`"}"
  

• List: --list -l

  List headers. The string must be JSON. For example:

  --list "{`"unsubscribe`":`"%unsubscribe_email%`"}"
  

• Text Mode: --text

  If variable is present, mail will be sent as text message and not HTML

• Debug Mode: --debug

  Turn on debugger mode

Within IIT KGP

KGP's proxy server will not work with this because it doesn't support some necessary features for SMTP transport