Problem

How do I set up outbound SMTP using Courier?
How do I use outMail with Courier?

Solution

In this article we discuss using outMail as the outbound email server for Courier.  Courier is a Multi-Channel Notification API Platform.  We assume already you have a working Courier set up and you are looking at configuring the SMTP Server settings to use outMail.

More detailed information can be found in their online documentation - docs.courier.com/docs/smtp. Courier uses the Nodemailer for its SMTP transport so to configure Courier to use outMail for its outbound SMTP you will need to edit/create a file called override.smtp.config with the following data:

{
  "event": "outMailSMTPExample",
  "recipient": "Fred Test",
  "profile": {
    "email": "test@example.com"
  },
  "override": {
    "smtp": {
      "config": {
        auth: {
          user: "outmail-username",
          pass: "outmail-password"
        },
        host: "mxXXXXXX.smtp-engine.com",
        secure: true,
        port: 465
      }
    }
  }
}