SMTP Integration Quickstart

Get up and running with Motorical SMTP in under 2 minutes.

SMTP Credentials

Setting	Value
Server	mail.motorical.com
Port	2587 (custom) or 587 (standard)
Security	STARTTLS
Username	Your Motor Block username
Password	Generated password from Motor Blocks dashboard

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 [email protected] \
  --from [email protected] \
  --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.createTransporter({
  host: 'mail.motorical.com',
  port: 2587,
  secure: false,
  auth: {
    user: 'your_motor_block_username',
    pass: 'your_motor_block_password'
  }
});

const mailOptions = {
  from: '[email protected]',
  to: '[email protected]',
  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'] = '[email protected]'
msg['To'] = '[email protected]'

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.