smtp-channel

  

smtp-channel

Low level SMTP communication layer.

This is an open source npm package from Node.js. The source code is available on GitHub where you can also find our issue tracker.

Related Projects

• smtp-client: Simple, promisified, protocol-based SMTP client.

Install

$ npm install --save smtp-channel

Example

import {SMTPChannel} from 'smtp-channel';

(async function() {
  let handler = console.log;

  let smtp = new SMTPChannel({
    host: 'mx.domain.com',
    port: 25
  });

  await s.connect({handler, timeout: 3000});
  await s.write('EHLO mx.me.com\r\n', {handler});
  await s.write('QUIT\r\n', {handler});

})().catch(console.error);

API

SMTPChannel(options)

The core SMTP class. This class passes options directly to the net.connect or tls.connect methods. Custom available options are listed below.

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
secure	Boolean	No	false	When true the channel will connect to the SMTP server using TLS.
timeout	Integer	No	0	A time in milliseconds after the socket is automatically closed (0 disables the timeout).

SMTPChannel.prototype.close({timeout}):Promise;

Destroys the socket and ensures that no more I/O activity happens on this socket.

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
timeout	Integer	No	0	A time in milliseconds after the operation automatically rejects (0 disables the timeout).

SMTPChannel.prototype.connect({handler, timeout}):Promise;

Connects to the SMTP server and starts socket I/O activity.

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
handler	Function	Promise	No	-
timeout	Integer	No	0	A time in milliseconds after the operation automatically rejects (0 disables the timeout).

SMTPChannel.prototype.isLastReply(line):String;

A helper method which returns true if the provided line represents the last reply from the SMTP server.

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
line	String	Yes	-	Server reply string.

SMTPChannel.prototype.isSecure():Boolean;

Returns true if the connection is secured over TLS.

SMTPChannel.prototype.negotiateTLS(options):Promise;

Upgrades the existing socket connection to TLS. This method should be used after sending the STARTTLS command. The method accepts options which are sent directly to the tls.connect method (existing class options are overriden). Custom options are listed below.

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
timeout	Integer	No	0	A time in milliseconds after the operation automatically rejects (0 disables the timeout).

SMTPChannel.prototype.parseReplyCode(line):String;

A helper method which returns a reply code of the provided line.

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
line	String	Yes	-	Server reply string.

SMTPChannel.prototype.write(data, {handler, timeout}):Promise;

Sends data on the socket.

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
data	String,Stream,Buffer	Yes	-	Data to be sent to the SMTP server. Make sure that you apply to the SMTP rules and complete lines with \r\n. When sending email data stream, make sure you include the . as the last line.
handler	Function,Promise	No	-	A method for handling SMTP server replies.
timeout	Integer	No	0	A time in milliseconds after the operation automatically rejects (0 disables the timeout).

Event: close: () => {}

Emitted once the socket is fully closed.

Event: command: (line) => {}

Emitted when a line of data is sent to the SMTP server.

Argument	Type	Description
line	String	Client command string.

Event: connect: () => {}

Emitted when a socket connection is successfully established.

Event: end: () => {}

Emitted when the other end of the socket sends a FIN packet. This means that the socket is about to close.

Event: error: (error) => {}

Emitted when an error occurs. The 'close' event will be called directly following this event.

Argument	Type	Description
error	Error	Error object.

Event: receive: (chunk) => {}

Emitted when a chunk of data is received from the SMTP server.

Argument	Type	Description
chunk	Buffer,String	A chunk of data.

Event: reply: (line) => {}

Emitted when a new reply from the server is received.

Argument	Type	Description
line	String	SMTP server reply string.

Event: send: (chunk) => {}

Emitted when a chunk of data is sent to the SMTP server.

Argument	Type	Description
chunk	Buffer,String	A chunk of data.

Event: timeout: () => {}

Emitted if the socket times out from inactivity. The timeout event automatically sends the QUIT SMTP command.

License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Kristijan Sedlak <[e-mail]>

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