Send email using Nodemailer with GoDaddy hosted email

Question

I am trying to send an email using nodemailer and a custom email address configured through GoDaddy. Here is a screen shot of the "custom configurations" page in c-panel:

and my code:

const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
  service: 'Godaddy',
  secureConnection: false,
  auth: {
    user: 'info@mywebsite.com',
    pass: 'mypassword'
  }
});

var mailOptions = {
  from: 'info@mywebsite.com',
  to: 'otheremail@gmail.com',
  subject: 'Sending Email using Node.js',
  text: 'That was easy!',
  html: '<h1>Welcome</h1><p>That was easy!</p>'
};

transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(error, info){
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  } else {
    console.log('Email sent: ' + info.response);
  }
});

and my error log:

{ Error: connect EHOSTUNREACH 173.201.192.101:25
    at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1012:11)
    at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1035:20)
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1080:14)
    code: 'ECONNECTION',
    errno: 'EHOSTUNREACH',
    syscall: 'connect',
    address: '173.201.192.101',
    port: 25,
    command: 'CONN' }

I've tried changing the port number, making it secure vs non-ssl, using my website address as the host, and pretty much everything else I can think of. I have successfully sent an email from the godaddy email using one of the webmail clients. Has anyone else ever encountered this or have recommendations on things to try?

Answer 1

I am trying to send emails using nodemailer from Google Cloud Function using GoDaddy SMTP settings. I do not have Office365 enabled on my GoDaddy hosting. None of the above options worked for me today (12 November 2019). TLS need to be enabled.

I had to use the following configuration:

const mailTransport = nodemailer.createTransport({    
    host: "smtpout.secureserver.net",  
    secure: true,
    secureConnection: false, // TLS requires secureConnection to be false
    tls: {
        ciphers:'SSLv3'
    },
    requireTLS:true,
    port: 465,
    debug: true,
    auth: {
        user: "put your godaddy hosted email here",
        pass: "put your email password here" 
    }
});

Then, I could send a test email as follows:

const mailOptions = {
            from: `put your godaddy hosted email here`,
            to: `bharat.biswal@gmail.com`,
            subject: `This is a Test Subject`,
            text: `Hi Bharat    

            Happy Halloween!

            If you need any help, please contact us.
            Thank You. And Welcome!

            Support Team
            `,

        };

mailTransport.sendMail(mailOptions).then(() => {
            console.log('Email sent successfully');
        }).catch((err) => {
            console.log('Failed to send email');
            console.error(err);
        });