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# Custom SMTP Email Sender Node
> Send email via SMTP
This node allows you to send emails using a custom SMTP server configuration.
## Node Inputs
1. Recipient Email: Recipient email address(es), comma-separated
* Type: `Text`
2. Email Subject: Subject line of the email
* Type: `Text`
3. Email Body: Email content
* Type: `Text`
4. SMTP Server: SMTP server hostname or IP
* Type: `Text`
5. SMTP Server Port: SMTP server port (25, 465, 587)
* Type: `Integer`
6. Sender Email: Sender email address
* Type: `Text`
7. Sender Password: SMTP server password
* Type: `Text`
8. Sender Name: Display name for sender (optional)
* Type: `Text`
## Node Parameters
On the face of the node:
1. Send as HTML: Send email in HTML format.
* Type: `Checkbox`
2. Connection Type: The security type. The options available are SSL, TLS, or STARTTLS. The default option is SSL.
* Type: `Dropdown`
## Node Outputs
This node has no outputs.
## Example
The below example is a pipeline which uses the Custom SMTP Email Sender node to send an email.
1. Text Node: The recipient email address
* Text: `no-reply@vectorshiftmail.com`
2. Text Node: The email subject
* Text: `Hello from VectorShift`
3. Text Node: The email body
* Text: `Hello!`
4. Custom SMTP Email Sender Node: Sends the email
* Recipient Email: `{{text_0.text}}`
* Email Subject: `{{text_1.text}}`
* Email Body: `{{text_2.text}}`
* SMTP Server: `smtp.gmail.com`
* SMTP Server Port: `465`
* Sender Email: `no-reply@vectorshiftmail.com`
* Sender Password: `your_password`
* Sender Name: `VectorShift`
* Connection Type: `SSL`
