SMTP#
SMTP plugin can connect Insight² applications to SMTP servers for sending emails.
Connection#
A SMTP server can be connected with the following credentails: - Host - Port - User - Password
You can also test your connection before saving the configuration by clicking on Test Connection
button.
Querying SMTP#
Go to the query manager at the bottom panel of the editor and click on the +
button on the left to create a new query. Select SMTP
from the datasource dropdown.
To create a query for sending email, you will need to provide the following properties:
- From required
: Email address of the sender
- From Name : Name of the sender
- To required
: Recipient's email address
- Subject : Subject of the email
- Body : You can enter the body text either in the form of
raw text
orhtml
in their respective fields. - Attachments : Attachments can be added to a SMTP query by referencing the file from the
File Picker
component in the attachments field.
For example, you can set the Attachments
field value to {{ components.filepicker1.file }}
or you can pass an array of {{ name: 'filename.jpg', dataURL: '......' }}
object to accomplish this.