Add sendmail

config/default.yaml

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ redis:
   db: 0
 
 smtp:
+  # smtp or sendmail
+  transport: smtp
+  # Path to sendmail command. Required if you use sendmail transport
+  sendmail: null
   hostname: null
   port: 465
   username: null

config/production.yaml.example

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ redis:
 
 # SMTP server to send emails
 smtp:
+  # smtp or sendmail
+  transport: smtp
+  # Path to sendmail command. Required if you use sendmail transport
+  sendmail: null
   hostname: null
   port: 465 # If you use StartTLS: 587
   username: null

server/initializers/config.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ const CONFIG = {
     DB: config.has('redis.db') ? config.get<number>('redis.db') : null
   },
   SMTP: {
+    TRANSPORT: config.has('smtp.transport') ? config.get<string>('smtp.transport') : 'smtp',
+    SENDMAIL: config.has('smtp.sendmail') ? config.get<string>('smtp.sendmail') : null,
     HOSTNAME: config.get<string>('smtp.hostname'),
     PORT: config.get<number>('smtp.port'),
     USERNAME: config.get<string>('smtp.username'),

server/lib/emailer.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Emailer {
     this.initialized = true
 
     if (isEmailEnabled()) {
+      if (CONFIG.SMTP.TRANSPORT === 'smtp') {
         logger.info('Using %s:%s as SMTP server.', CONFIG.SMTP.HOSTNAME, CONFIG.SMTP.PORT)
 
         let tls
@@ -68,6 +69,15 @@ class Emailer {
           tls,
           auth
         })
+      } else { // sendmail
+        logger.info('Using sendmail to send emails')
+
+        this.transporter = createTransport({
+          sendmail: true,
+          newline: 'unix',
+          path: CONFIG.SMTP.SENDMAIL,
+        })
+      }
     } else {
       if (!isTestInstance()) {
         logger.error('Cannot use SMTP server because of lack of configuration. PeerTube will not be able to send mails!')
@@ -76,11 +86,17 @@ class Emailer {
   }
 
   static isEnabled () {
+    if (CONFIG.SMTP.TRANSPORT === 'sendmail') {
+      return !!CONFIG.SMTP.SENDMAIL
+    } else if (CONFIG.SMTP.TRANSPORT === 'smtp') {
       return !!CONFIG.SMTP.HOSTNAME && !!CONFIG.SMTP.PORT
+    } else {
+      return false
+    }
   }
 
   async checkConnectionOrDie () {
-    if (!this.transporter) return
+    if (!this.transporter || CONFIG.SMTP.TRANSPORT !== 'smtp') return
 
     logger.info('Testing SMTP server...')