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Email action
editEmail action
editThe email action type uses the SMTP protocol to send mail message, using an integration of Nodemailer. Email message text is sent as both plain text and html text.
Connector configuration
editEmail connectors have the following configuration properties:
- Name
- The name of the connector. The name is used to identify a connector in the management UI connector listing, or in the connector list when configuring an action.
- Sender
-
The from address for all emails sent with this connector, specified in
user@host-name
format. - Host
-
Host name of the service provider. If you are using the
xpack.actions.whitelistedHosts
setting, make sure this hostname is whitelisted. - Port
- The port to connect to on the service provider.
- Secure
- If true the connection will use TLS when connecting to the service provider. See nodemailer TLS documentation for more information.
- Username
- username for login type authentication.
- Password
- password for login type authentication.
Action configuration
editEmail actions have the following configuration properties:
- To, CC, BCC
-
Each is a list of addresses. Addresses can be specified in
user@host-name
format, or inname <user@host-name>
format. One of To, CC, or BCC must contain an entry. - Subject
- The subject line of the email.
- Message
- The message text of the email. Markdown format is supported.