facultymatt · December 23, 2015 06:19 · Sep 18, 2013 · Sep 17, 2013 · Sep 17, 2013 · Sep 17, 2013
diff --git a/email_best_practices.md b/email_best_practices.md
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@
 
 # Good Looking Approaches
 
+## NodeMailer (current best pick)
+
+https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer
+
+- More robust and developed than Notifier. 
+- Does it support sendGrid (yes) [thorugh smtp](https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#sendgrid-support).
+- Lots of examples
+- Easy rich html emails, using https://github.com/niftylettuce/node-email-templates
+- Easy attachments 
+
 ## Node Notifier
 
 https://github.com/madhums/node-notifier
@@ -25,13 +35,6 @@ And notifier checks for the default email client, sets the template and options,
 
 It assumes you have a matching template for `comment` living in `/templates`, see [example](https://github.com/madhums/node-notifier/tree/master/test/templates), but you can easily set `config.tplPath` or override the template function alltogether. 
 
-## NodeMailer
-
-https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer
-
-- More robust and developed than Notifier. 
-- Does it support sendGrid (yes) [thorugh smtp](https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#sendgrid-support).
-- Lots of examples
 
 ## Drywall.io Mail Setup
 

diff --git a/email_best_practices.md b/email_best_practices.md
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ It assumes you have a matching template for `comment` living in `/templates`, se
 
 https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer
 
-More robust and developed than Notifier. Does it support sendGrid (yes) [thorugh smtp](https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#well-known-services-for-smtp). What protocol does it use on Heroku? 
-
+- More robust and developed than Notifier. 
+- Does it support sendGrid (yes) [thorugh smtp](https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#sendgrid-support).
+- Lots of examples
 
 ## Drywall.io Mail Setup
 

diff --git a/email_best_practices.md b/email_best_practices.md
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ notifier.send('comment', options, function (err) {
 
 And notifier checks for the default email client, sets the template and options, handles environment settings such as disabling sending in development mode, and then sends the email. 
 
-It assumes you have a matching template for `comment` living in `/templates`, see [https://github.com/madhums/node-notifier/tree/master/test/templates](example), but you can easily set `config.tplPath` or override the template function alltogether. 
+It assumes you have a matching template for `comment` living in `/templates`, see [example](https://github.com/madhums/node-notifier/tree/master/test/templates), but you can easily set `config.tplPath` or override the template function alltogether. 
 
 ## NodeMailer
 
 https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer
 
-More robust and developed than Notifier. Does it support sendGrid (yes) [https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#well-known-services-for-smtp](thorugh smtp). What protocol does it use on Heroku? 
+More robust and developed than Notifier. Does it support sendGrid (yes) [thorugh smtp](https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#well-known-services-for-smtp). What protocol does it use on Heroku? 
 
 
 ## Drywall.io Mail Setup

diff --git a/email_best_practices.md b/email_best_practices.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ It assumes you have a matching template for `comment` living in `/templates`, se
 
 https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer
 
-More robust and developed than Notifier. Does it support sendGrid? What protocol does it use on Heroku? 
+More robust and developed than Notifier. Does it support sendGrid (yes) [https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer#well-known-services-for-smtp](thorugh smtp). What protocol does it use on Heroku? 
 
 
 ## Drywall.io Mail Setup

diff --git a/email_best_practices.md b/email_best_practices.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Best Practices
+# Emailer / Notifier Best Practices
 
 - Supports any protocol, ideally by just setting a config option or function. 
 - Supports `sendgrid`, which is a Heroku based app, making it super simple to get running on develop.
 - Won't fail, or catches errors, if any variables are missing. 
 - Checks for development and testing environments, and prevents email send (console.log instead)
-
+- REUSABLE! The library itself, and maybe even the template, should be resuable across projects.
 
 # Good Looking Approaches
 
@@ -25,10 +25,17 @@ And notifier checks for the default email client, sets the template and options,
 
 It assumes you have a matching template for `comment` living in `/templates`, see [https://github.com/madhums/node-notifier/tree/master/test/templates](example), but you can easily set `config.tplPath` or override the template function alltogether. 
 
+## NodeMailer
+
+https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer
 
+More robust and developed than Notifier. Does it support sendGrid? What protocol does it use on Heroku? 
 
 
+## Drywall.io Mail Setup
 
+I find the drywall.io project is a good goto project for learning an reference. While not modular enough to pull the code into our project, its woth looking at how they do it. Similar to notifier I believe.  
+https://github.com/jedireza/drywall/blob/master/utilities/sendmail.js
 
 
 
diff --git a/email_best_practices.md b/email_best_practices.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Best Practices
 
-List coming soon
+- Supports any protocol, ideally by just setting a config option or function. 
+- Supports `sendgrid`, which is a Heroku based app, making it super simple to get running on develop.
+- Won't fail, or catches errors, if any variables are missing. 
+- Checks for development and testing environments, and prevents email send (console.log instead)
 
 
 # Good Looking Approaches

diff --git a/email_best_practices.md b/email_best_practices.md
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-Best Practices
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+# Best Practices
 
+List coming soon
 
 
-Good Looking Approaches
---------
+# Good Looking Approaches
 
-**https://github.com/madhums/node-notifier**
+## Node Notifier
+
+https://github.com/madhums/node-notifier
 
 This is from the guy that insipired mean.io's setup. All functionality is self contained - you simply call: 
 

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+Best Practices
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+Good Looking Approaches
+--------
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+**https://github.com/madhums/node-notifier**
+
+This is from the guy that insipired mean.io's setup. All functionality is self contained - you simply call: 
+
+```
+notifier.send('comment', options, function (err) {
+  if (err) return console.log(err);
+  console.log('Successfully sent Notifiaction!');
+});
+```
+
+And notifier checks for the default email client, sets the template and options, handles environment settings such as disabling sending in development mode, and then sends the email. 
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+It assumes you have a matching template for `comment` living in `/templates`, see [https://github.com/madhums/node-notifier/tree/master/test/templates](example), but you can easily set `config.tplPath` or override the template function alltogether. 
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