Node-RED Email Nodes

node-red-node-email provides a set of nodes for the Node-RED visual programming environment, enabling users to easily send and receive emails within their flows. The current stable version is 5.2.3. The package offers an 'Email (input)' node to fetch messages from IMAP or POP3 servers, and an 'Email (output)' node to send emails via SMTP. It supports modern authentication methods such as OAuth2.0 for Exchange/Outlook 365 and application-specific passwords for Gmail, which are crucial for two-factor authentication setups. Releases are tied to Node.js version requirements, with recent versions requiring Node.js v20 or newer, and major updates often introducing breaking changes related to authentication mechanisms. Its primary differentiator is seamless integration into Node-RED, abstracting complex email protocols into configurable visual components, allowing for robust email automation directly within flows.