SMTP Relay Quickstart

Get app SMTP credentials (SMTP relay) on Motorical in under 2 minutes.

SMTP Credentials

Setting	Value
Server	mail.motorical.com
Port	2587 (STARTTLS) or 2465 (implicit TLS)
Security	STARTTLS (2587) or Implicit TLS (2465)
Username	Your Motor Block username
Password	Generated password from Motor Blocks dashboard

:::caution 587 and 465 are a different service Ports 587 and 465 on mail.motorical.com are Postfix mailbox submission for Motorical/Gluo mailbox accounts, authenticated against Dovecot. Motor Block SMTP credentials do not work there. Motor Block submission is 2587 / 2465 only. :::

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Node.js

npm install nodemailer

Python

pip install secure-smtplib

PHP

composer require phpmailer/phpmailer

Step 2: Send Your First Email

cURL

swaks \
  --to recipient@example.com \
  --from your_username@your-domain.com \
  --server mail.motorical.com \
  --port 2587 \
  --auth-user "your_motor_block_username" \
  --auth-password "your_motor_block_password" \
  --tls-optional \
  --header "Subject: Hello from Motorical SMTP!" \
  --body "This email was sent using Motorical SMTP."

Node.js

const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
  host: 'mail.motorical.com',
  port: 2587,
  secure: false,
  auth: {
    user: 'your_motor_block_username',
    pass: 'your_motor_block_password'
  }
});

const mailOptions = {
  from: 'sender@yourdomain.com',
  to: 'recipient@example.com',
  subject: 'Test Email',
  text: 'Hello from Motorical!'
};

transporter.sendMail(mailOptions);

Python

import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

server = smtplib.SMTP('mail.motorical.com', 2587)
server.starttls()
server.login('your_motor_block_username', 'your_password')

msg = MIMEText('Hello from Motorical!')
msg['Subject'] = 'Test Email'
msg['From'] = 'sender@yourdomain.com'
msg['To'] = 'recipient@example.com'

server.send_message(msg)
server.quit()

Step 3: Verify

Check your Motorical dashboard for delivery confirmation, or use the API to query logs:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://api.motorical.com/api/public/v1/motor-blocks/$BLOCK_ID/logs?limit=5"

tip

Store credentials securely using environment variables or a secrets manager. Never commit them to source control.