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Custom SMTP

You can use the Custom SMTP provider like Nodemailer to send transactional emails through your custom SMTP server to your customers using the Novu Platform with a single API.

Getting Started​

To use the Custom SMTP channel, you will need to have your personal SMTP server configured and add host, port, user, password to the Custom SMTP integration on the Novu platform.

You can also provide value true for secure field if you want the connection to be secure, and if not, leave it empty.

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail)​

DKIM options can be used in order to sign messages sent using Custom SMTP with DKIM keys.

Those options are:

  • DKIM Domain
  • DKIM Private Key
  • DKIM Key Selector

Create a Custom SMTP integration with Novu​

  • Visit the Integrations page on Novu.
  • Locate Custom SMTP and click on the Connect button.
  • Enter your SMTP credentials
    • host
    • port
    • username
    • password
    • secure (on demand)
    • And DKIM options if you want to sign messages with DKIM
  • Fill the From email address field using the authenticated email from the previous step.
  • Click on the Disabled button and mark as Active.
  • Click on the Connect button.
  • You should now be able to send notifications using Custom SMTP in Novu.