Emails

Setup

StartKit.AI uses Resend to send emails and manage mailing lists.

If you want to use the magic link authentication then you’ll need to follow this guide. Alternatively you can disable authentication for Example App by adding the following to the bottom of your .env file:

DISABLE_AUTH=1

Tip

If you want to use a different email service then you’ll need to install their node package and update the API calls in /server/helpers/emails.js.

Sending emails

Signup for Resend, follow their instructions to create an account, and copy your API key.

Set the API key in your .env file;

RESEND_API_KEY=

Now you need to setup a domain for sending from.

Note

You can only send testing emails to your own email address (the one you signed up to Resend with), so whilst you can use the resend.dev domain for the magic link login for testing you will need to setup a domain before launching.

Follow the Resend domain instructions here and enter your sending address in the .env file:

RESEND_SENDING_ADDRESS=

We recommend setting a “from name” before the address so it shows up nicely in your customers email clients. You can do that like this:

RESEND_SENDING_ADDRESS="Danielle from StartKit.AI <hi@startkit.ai>"

You can test your integration by sending a test email with the sendTestEmail() function in /server/helpers/emails.js.

Mailing lists

If you want to add customers to a mailing list you will also need to setup an audience in Resend and copy your audience ID.

Add the audience ID to your .env:

RESEND_AUDIENCE_ID=

You can now manage your Resend audience with addUserToMailingList() and removeUserFromMailingList().

Note

Don’t forget to get your customers consent before adding them to a mailing list!