Send Email with Node.js

Send Email with Node.js — a practical guide to Node.js send email nodemailer with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Use Nodemailer for welcome emails, password resets, and notifications. Keep SMTP credentials in environment variables.

Nodemailer example

const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
  host: process.env.SMTP_HOST,
  port: 587,
  auth: {
    user: process.env.SMTP_USER,
    pass: process.env.SMTP_PASS,
  },
});

await transporter.sendMail({
  from: 'noreply@example.com',
  to: 'user@example.com',
  subject: 'Welcome',
  text: 'Thanks for signing up!',
});