====EMail====

The Email output module allows you to write a simple email message.

^Parameter^Default^Meaning^
|**server**||The IP or DNS name of your SMTP server|
|**port**|165|Theport for your SMTP server|
|**from**||The address to send the message from|
|**to**||The address to send the message to|
|**password**||The password for the SMTP server|
|**subject**||The subject line of the email, with [[event codes|event substitutions]]|
|**format**|%M|The content of the email message, with [[event codes|event substitutions]]|
|**timezone**|UTC|The timezone to write times in|

===Example===

<code>
[
   {
		"type": "event",
		"method": "email",
		"server": "smtp.gmail.com",
		"port": 465,
		"from": "myemailaddress",
		"to": "theiremailaddress",
		"password": "******",
		"subject": "An Event Happened"
	}
]
</code>

//The above example would send an email with the subject 'An Event Happened' and the content of the log message to 'theiremailaddress'.//

===Performance/Spam Warning===

Like all of the [[announcement|announcement modules]], this module may take some time to execute and will block the process in the mean-time. 

===Other Modules===

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