Managing Mailing Lists on Cloudron

[robi]

How do you use the Mailling list features of Cloudron?

How do you add people to the list automatically?

Issues?
Gotchas?
Stuckness?
Hacks?

[avatar1024]

I thought one thing that would be nice is to be able to create a list from a Cloudron Group (i.e. mailing list that contains emails of everyone in a group and that gets updated each time you add or remove a user from a group). I don't know how the database works and how easy that might be to implement though...maybe someone knows?

[andreasdueren]

@robi I'm also trying to give users the option to manage the list without giving them admin access. But it seems like there is no API endpoint for the mailing lists? It would be nice to build a telegram bot via n8n or something like that. @girish do you know anything about that?

[girish]

@andreasdueren it's https://docs.cloudron.io/api.html#tag/Mail/operation/addList . BTW, will mail manager role work for you?

[andreasdueren]

@girish I could. But I'd rather not introduce people to an interface they are not familiar with. It's mostly a matter of trying to avoid onboarding.

[andreasdueren]

@girish Maybe you can help me understand the API documentation. Below what I'm trying to set up: A n8n form that will give people the option to enter an address to either add or remove it from the list. However I'm struggling to understand what the payload should look like for the web hook request:

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "formTitle": "Change List",
        "formFields": {
          "values": [
            {
              "fieldLabel": "E-Mail",
              "fieldType": "email",
              "placeholder": "E-Mail@tld.onl",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldLabel": "Action",
              "fieldType": "dropdown",
              "fieldOptions": {
                "values": [
                  {
                    "option": "+"
                  },
                  {
                    "option": "-"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ]
        },
        "responseMode": "lastNode",
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "position": [
        140,
        240
      ],
      "id": "ce3e3e25-8d70-420b-aaae-48acd5dc3bad",
      "name": "On form submission",
      "webhookId": "290cb5dc-0f99-42a2-b3e9-32d9ef27761c"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://my.tld.onl/api/v1/mail/domain/lists/test",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendBody": true,
        "bodyParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "members",
              "value": "={{ $json.Action }} [{{ $json['E-Mail'] }}]  "
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        400,
        240
      ],
      "id": "d223c671-6340-416a-affa-12966a42b2d3",
      "name": "HTTP Request1",
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "id": "swkFIAxjlW7JU6oB",
          "name": "my.tld.onl API"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "On form submission": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "HTTP Request1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "pinData": {}
}
```",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldLabel": "Handlung",
              "fieldType": "dropdown",
              "fieldOptions": {
                "values": [
                  {
                    "option": "+"
                  },
                  {
                    "opttld.onlion": "-"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ]
        },
        "responseMode": "lastNode",
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "position": [
        140,
        240
      ],
      "id": "ce3e3e25-8d70-420b-aaae-48acd5dc3bad",
      "name": "On form submission",
      "webhookId": "290cb5dc-0f99-42a2-b3e9-32d9ef27761c"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://my.tld.onl/api/v1/mail/domain/lists/test",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendBody": true,
        "bodyParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "members",
              "value": "={{ $json.Action }} [{{ $json['E-Mail'] }}]  "
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        400,
        240
      ],
      "id": "d223c671-6340-416a-affa-12966a42b2d3",
      "name": "HTTP Request1",
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "id": "swkFIAxjlW7JU6oB",
          "name": "my.tld.onl API"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "On form submission": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "HTTP Request1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "pinData": {}
}