Email sending integration. Covers Nodemailer (Node.js), Spring Mail (Java), smtplib (Python). Transactional email services: SendGrid, Amazon SES, Resend. Template engines: MJML, React Email. USE WHEN: user mentions "send email", "nodemailer", "SMTP", "SendGrid", "SES", "Resend", "transactional email", "email template", "MJML", "React Email", "spring mail" DO NOT USE FOR: push notifications - use `push-notifications`; SMS - different channel; email parsing/reading
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---
name: email-sending
description: |
Email sending integration. Covers Nodemailer (Node.js), Spring Mail (Java),
smtplib (Python). Transactional email services: SendGrid, Amazon SES, Resend.
Template engines: MJML, React Email.
USE WHEN: user mentions "send email", "nodemailer", "SMTP", "SendGrid",
"SES", "Resend", "transactional email", "email template", "MJML",
"React Email", "spring mail"
DO NOT USE FOR: push notifications - use `push-notifications`;
SMS - different channel; email parsing/reading
allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit
---
# Email Sending
## Node.js (Nodemailer)
```typescript
import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
host: process.env.SMTP_HOST,
port: 587,
secure: false, // true for 465
auth: { user: process.env.SMTP_USER, pass: process.env.SMTP_PASS },
});
await transporter.sendMail({
from: '"My App" <noreply@myapp.com>',
to: 'user@example.com',
subject: 'Welcome!',
html: '<h1>Welcome</h1><p>Thanks for signing up.</p>',
});
```
## Transactional Email Services
### Resend (recommended for simplicity)
```typescript
import { Resend } from 'resend';
const resend = new Resend(process.env.RESEND_API_KEY);
await resend.emails.send({
from: 'My App <noreply@myapp.com>',
to: ['user@example.com'],
subject: 'Welcome!',
html: '<h1>Welcome</h1>',
});
```
### SendGrid
```typescript
import sgMail from '@sendgrid/mail';
sgMail.setApiKey(process.env.SENDGRID_API_KEY!);
await sgMail.send({
to: 'user@example.com',
from: 'noreply@myapp.com',
templateId: 'd-abc123', // Dynamic template
dynamicTemplateData: { name: 'John', link: resetUrl },
});
```
### Amazon SES (via AWS SDK v3)
```typescript
import { SESv2Client, SendEmailCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-sesv2';
const ses = new SESv2Client({ region: 'us-east-1' });
await ses.send(new SendEmailCommand({
FromEmailAddress: 'noreply@myapp.com',
Destination: { ToAddresses: ['user@example.com'] },
Content: {
Simple: {
Subject: { Data: 'Welcome!' },
Body: { Html: { Data: htmlContent } },
},
},
}));
```
## Email Templates
### React Email (recommended for React projects)
```tsx
// emails/welcome.tsx
import { Html, Head, Body, Container, Text, Button } from '@react-email/components';
export function WelcomeEmail({ name, url }: { name: string; url: string }) {
return (
<Html>
<Head />
<Body style={{ fontFamily: 'sans-serif' }}>
<Container>
<Text>Welcome, {name}!</Text>
<Button href={url} style={{ background: '#000', color: '#fff', padding: '12px 20px' }}>
Get Started
</Button>
</Container>
</Body>
</Html>
);
}
// Render to HTML string
import { render } from '@react-email/render';
const html = await render(<WelcomeEmail name="John" url="https://app.com" />);
```
### MJML (framework-agnostic)
```typescript
import mjml2html from 'mjml';
const { html } = mjml2html(`
<mjml>
<mj-body>
<mj-section>
<mj-column>
<mj-text>Welcome, {{name}}!</mj-text>
<mj-button href="{{url}}">Get Started</mj-button>
</mj-column>
</mj-section>
</mj-body>
</mjml>
`);
```
## Python
```python
from email.message import EmailMessage
import aiosmtplib
msg = EmailMessage()
msg["From"] = "noreply@myapp.com"
msg["To"] = "user@example.com"
msg["Subject"] = "Welcome!"
msg.set_content("Welcome!", subtype="html")
await aiosmtplib.send(msg, hostname=SMTP_HOST, port=587,
username=SMTP_USER, password=SMTP_PASS, start_tls=True)
```
## Java (Spring Mail)
```java
@Service
public class EmailService {
@Autowired private JavaMailSender mailSender;
@Autowired private TemplateEngine templateEngine; // Thymeleaf
public void sendWelcome(String to, String name) {
var ctx = new Context();
ctx.setVariable("name", name);
String html = templateEngine.process("welcome", ctx);
var message = mailSender.createMimeMessage();
var helper = new MimeMessageHelper(message, true);
helper.setTo(to);
helper.setFrom("noreply@myapp.com");
helper.setSubject("Welcome!");
helper.setText(html, true);
mailSender.send(message);
}
}
```
## Anti-Patterns
| Anti-Pattern | Fix |
|--------------|-----|
| Sending email in request handler | Use background job queue (BullMQ, Celery) |
| No retry on transient failure | Retry with exponential backoff (3 attempts) |
| Hardcoded from address | Use env var, match verified domain |
| HTML without plain text fallback | Always include both HTML and text versions |
| No unsubscribe header | Add `List-Unsubscribe` header (required by Gmail/Yahoo) |
| Sending from unverified domain | Set up SPF, DKIM, DMARC records |
## Production Checklist
- [ ] SPF, DKIM, DMARC DNS records configured
- [ ] Domain verified with email provider
- [ ] `List-Unsubscribe` header on marketing emails
- [ ] Bounce and complaint handling (webhook)
- [ ] Email sending via background queue (not in request)
- [ ] Rate limiting to stay within provider limits
- [ ] Plain text fallback for all HTML emails
- [ ] Template preview/testing before deploy
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