node-smtp(3)
node-smtp(3)

node-smtp(3) -- SMTP server (and soon, client) library and daemon for node.js

Synopsis

An example of an SMTP server written with Node which dumps to the console any mail sent to it:

var smtp = require('smtp')

smtp.createServer(function(connection) {
    connection.on('DATA', function(message) {
       console.log('Message from ' + message.sender)
       message.on('data', function(data) {
          console.log("DATA: " + data)
       })
       message.on('end', function() {
          console.log('EOT')
          message.accept()
       })      
    })
}).listen(25)

console.log("SMTP server running on port 25")

smtp.Server

Ths main SMTP server constructor. Usually instantiated with 'smtp.createServer'

Properties

hostname, the domain name to reply to a HELO or EHLO command with. Defaults to hostname.unconfigured.
maxSize, the largest message acceptable. Defaults to undefined.
allowPipelining, whether to allow the ESMTP PIPELINING extension. Defaults to true.
authMethods, an array of authentication types to allow. Defaults to undefined.

Event: 'connection'

function(connection) { }

Emitted when each client connects

smtp.createServer([callback])

The 'callback' parameter will be passed each new connection

smtp.Connection

This object is created internally and returned from the 'connection' callback.

It is an EventEmitter that implements the Readable Stream interface, as well as the following events:

Properties

helo, the an object in the form of {name: "name given at HELO time", extended: true}
sender, the sender information given in the MAIL FROM: command.
receipients, the recipients given by RCPT TO: commands.
state, the current state of the connection. (Currently just welcome or data)
currentMessage, the EventEmitter that represents the current message stream, if the connection is in the data state.

Event: 'HELO' and 'EHLO'

function(helodata) {}

Emitted when a client sends the 'HELO' or 'EHLO' commands.

The 'helodata' object has the following properties:

'name', the argument given to the command
'valid', whether or not the command will be accepted. Can be set to false to reject the helo name. Defaults to true.
'extended', true if the client is using ESMTP

You will most likely want to use the same callback for both events:

var f = function(helodata) {
   if(/invalid/.test(helodata.name)) helodata.valid = false
}
connection.on('HELO', f)
connection.on('EHLO', f)

Event: 'MAIL FROM'

function(sender) {}

Emitted when a sender is specified by the client.

The 'sender' object has the following properties:

'address', the SMTP address specified
'valid', whether the address will be accepted. Can be set to false to reject a sender. Defaults to true.

Event: 'RCPT TO'

function(recipient) {}

Emitted for each recipient the client specifies.

The 'recipient' object has the following properties:

'address', the SMTP address specified
'valid', whether the address will be accepted. Can be set to false to reject a sender. Defaults to true.

Event: 'DATA'

function(MessageStream) {}

Emitted when the client begins sending message data.

Event: 'RSET'

function() {}

Emitted when the client issues a reset command

Event: 'QUIT'

function() {}

Emitted when the client quits, before the socket is closed

Event: 'EXPN' (work in progress)

Emitted when the client issues an expand aliases command

smtp.MessageStream()

An EventEmitter implementing the Readable Stream interface carrying the message data.

Properties

'sender', the SMTP sender object
'receivers', an array of SMTP receiver objects
'connection', the 'smtp.Connection' object
'accepted', whether or not confirmation that the message has been received will be sent. Defaults to false. Call accept() to accept the message or reject() to reject it.

Event: accept

Emitted when the message is accepted.

Event: reject

Emitted when the message is rejected.

smtp.MessageStream.accept()

Accepts the message, so the SMTP daemon will return a 2xx response.

smtp.MessageStream.reject()

Rejects the message, so the SMTP daemon will return a 4xx/5xx response.