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Send Email via n8n Workflow

Original n8n title: Send an Email

Send An Email. Uses manualTrigger, emailSend. Event-driven trigger; 2 nodes.

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{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "On clicking 'execute'",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
        250,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Send Email",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.emailSend",
      "position": [
        450,
        300
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "This is a message to demonstrate the n8n Send Email workflow!",
        "options": {
          "allowUnauthorizedCerts": false
        },
        "subject": "n8n rocks!",
        "toEmail": "user@example.com",
        "fromEmail": "user@from.email"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "smtp": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "On clicking 'execute'": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send Email",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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About this workflow

Send An Email. Uses manualTrigger, emailSend. Event-driven trigger; 2 nodes.

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