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SMTP Connection

The SMTP connection type enables integrations with the SMTP client.

Authenticating to SMTP

Authenticate to the SMTP client with the login and password field. Use standard SMTP authentication

Default Connection IDs

Hooks, operators, and sensors related to SMTP use smtp_default by default.

Configuring the Connection

Login

Specify the username used for the SMTP client.

Password

Specify the password used for the SMTP client.

Host

Specify the SMTP host url.

Port

Specify the SMTP port to connect to. The default depends on the whether you use ssl or not.

Extra (optional)

Specify the extra parameters (as json dictionary)

  • from_email: The email address from which you want to send the email.

  • disable_ssl: If set to true, then a non-ssl connection is being used. Default is false. Also note that changing the ssl option also influences the default port being used.

  • timeout: The SMTP connection creation timeout in seconds. Default is 30.

  • disable_tls: By default the SMTP connection is created in TLS mode. Set to false to disable tls mode.

  • retry_limit: How many attempts to connect to the server before raising an exception. Default is 5.

  • ssl_context: Can be “default” or “none”. Only valid when SSL is used. The “default” context provides a balance between security and compatibility, “none” is not recommended as it disables validation of certificates and allow MITM attacks, and is only needed in case your certificates are wrongly configured in your system. If not specified, defaults are taken from the “smtp_provider”, “ssl_context” configuration with the fallback to “email”. “ssl_context” configuration. If none of it is specified, “default” is used.

  • subject_template: A path to a file containing the email subject template.

  • html_content_template: A path to a file containing the email html content template.

When specifying the connection in environment variable you should specify it using URI syntax.

Note that all components of the URI should be URL-encoded.

For example:

export AIRFLOW_CONN_SMTP_DEFAULT='smtp://username:password@smtp.sendgrid.net:587'

Another example for connecting via a non-SSL connection.

export AIRFLOW_CONN_SMTP_NOSSL='smtp://username:password@smtp.sendgrid.net:587?disable_ssl=true'

Note that you can set the port regardless of whether you choose to use ssl or not. The above examples show default ports for SSL and Non-SSL connections.

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