Using SMTP in place of SES

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
aws, node.js
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start with docs/setup.md and the top-level feedland.js, then review the current setup instructions around SES and email delivery. Confirm how the server is expected to be configured and updated with npm; done should mean the documented setup supports SMTP in place of the SES requirement.

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Description

I held back opening up testing to get rid of the SES requirement, and just open it up to using SMTP which is basically the standard way to send email from server systems.

How to set up

So if you're just getting started now, follow the setup instructions and hopefully you'll have a server running in short order. If not, post a report here and we'll work on it.

You are the very first people to try a setup, so I'm expecting problems and will try to get problems fixed asap.

How to update

Before getting started I want to make sure you know how to update when there are new features and fixes.

  1. cd into the directory with feedland.js.

  2. npm update.

  3. Quit and relaunch the app.

That's all. The top level feedland.js has almost nothing in it, and it will never change. Have a look. All that can change is the code it uses and that's all managed by NPM.

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