Email Message Node

Email Message Node

Purpose

Sends a basic email message.

Email message Node

Usage

This node sends a basic text email to one or more email recipients. Standard email conventions such as cc and bcc address lists are also supported.

Note: file attachments are not supported in this node. Use the Email File node if you want to send an attachment via an email.

Configuration

Email message Configuration

Subject

The email subject, often called the title. The maximum number of characters is 256.

Message

The main message of the email. Up to 4096 characters of text are allowed.

To, cc, bcc

The list of recipients that will receive the email. There must be at least one ‘To’ email address.

To add more than one address in any particular section, separate each address with a comma.

Trouble Shooting

The workflow logging will record sending failures when possible. Paygate uses standard email error codes, known as SMTP relay codes, when reporting email errors.

SMTP Reply Codes

The following list is made available to help diagnose email issues. Paygate are responsible for sending the email via our email gateway however we cannot take responsibility for the entire email chain, especially the receiving part of the process.

Code Meaning
200 (nonstandard success response, see rfc876)
211 System status, or system help reply
214 Help message
220 Service ready
221 Service closing transmission channel
250 Requested mail action okay, completed
251 User not local; will forward to
252 Cannot VRFY user, but will accept message and attempt delivery
354 Start mail input; end with .
421 Service not available, closing transmission channel
450 Requested mail action not taken: mailbox unavailable
451 Requested action aborted: local error in processing
452 Requested action not taken: insufficient system storage
500 Syntax error, command unrecognised
501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments
502 Command not implemented
503 Bad sequence of commands
504 Command parameter not implemented
521 does not accept mail (see rfc1846)
530 Access denied (???a Sendmailism)
550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
551 User not local; please try
552 Requested mail action aborted: exceeded storage allocation
553 Requested action not taken: mailbox name not allowed
554 Transaction failed