@strapi/provider-email-sendmail

What is @strapi/provider-email-sendmail?

@strapi/provider-email-sendmail is an email provider for Strapi that uses the Sendmail service to send emails. It integrates seamlessly with Strapi's email plugin, allowing you to send emails from your Strapi application using Sendmail.

What are @strapi/provider-email-sendmail's main functionalities?

Send Email

This feature allows you to send an email using the Sendmail service. You can specify the recipient, sender, subject, and content of the email in both text and HTML formats.

const strapi = require('strapi');

strapi.plugins['email'].services.email.send({
  to: '[e-mail]',
  from: '[e-mail]',
  subject: 'Test Email',
  text: 'This is a test email sent using @strapi/provider-email-sendmail.',
  html: '<p>This is a test email sent using @strapi/provider-email-sendmail.</p>'
});

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README

strapi-provider-email-sendmail

Resources

• License

Links

• Strapi website
• Strapi community on Slack
• Strapi news on Twitter

Prerequisites

You need to have the plugin strapi-plugin-email installed in you Strapi project.

Installation

# using yarn
yarn add strapi-provider-email-sendmail

# using npm
npm install strapi-provider-email-sendmail --save

Configuration

Variable	Type	Description	Required	Default
provider	string	The name of the provider you use	yes
providerOptions	object	Will be directly given to require('sendmail'). Please refer to sendmail doc.	no	{}
settings	object	Settings	no	{}
settings.defaultFrom	string	Default sender mail address	no	undefined
settings.defaultReplyTo	string | array	Default address or addresses the receiver is asked to reply to	no	undefined
providerOptions.dkim	object | boolean	DKIM parameters having two properties: { privateKey, keySelector }	no	false

:warning: The Shipper Email (or defaultfrom) may also need to be changed in the Email Templates tab on the admin panel for emails to send properly

Example

Path - config/plugins.js

module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  // ...
  email: {
    provider: 'sendmail',
    settings: {
      defaultFrom: '[e-mail]',
      defaultReplyTo: '[e-mail]',
    },
  },
  // ...
});

Example with DKIM

Using DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) can prevent emails from being considered as spam. More details about this subject can be found in the discussion on the Strapi forum: Unsolved problem: emails goes to spam!

Generate the keys using OpenSSL

openssl genrsa -out dkim-private.pem 1024
openssl rsa -in dkim-private.pem -pubout -out dkim-public.pem

Path - config/plugins.js

module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  // ...
  email: {
    provider: 'sendmail',
    providerOptions: {
      dkim: {
        privateKey: 'replace-with-dkim-private-key',
        keySelector: 'abcd', // the same as the one set in DNS txt record, use online dns lookup tools to be sure that is retreivable
      },
    },
    settings: {
      defaultFrom: '[e-mail]',
      defaultReplyTo: '[e-mail]',
    },
  },
  // ...
});