n8n-nodes-mailat

Community n8n node for Mailat — the open-source, self-hosted email platform. Send transactional emails, manage your inbox, and react to email events from n8n workflows.

What is Mailat?

Mailat is a full-featured, open-source email platform you can self-host. It includes transactional email sending via AWS SES, a complete inbox with IMAP/SMTP, contacts, campaigns, automations, and more. Deploy it instantly on Dublyo PaaS or run it on your own server.

Prerequisites

• A running Mailat instance
  • Easiest: One-click deploy on dublyo.com
  • Self-host: See the Mailat repo for Docker setup
• An API key from your Mailat dashboard (Settings > API Keys)
• n8n v1.0.0 or later

Installation

Community Nodes (Recommended)

In your n8n instance, go to Settings > Community Nodes > Install and enter:

n8n-nodes-mailat

Manual

cd ~/.n8n
npm install n8n-nodes-mailat

Restart n8n after installing.

Credential Setup

1. In n8n, go to Credentials > New Credential > Mailat API
2. Base URL — your Mailat instance URL (e.g., https://mail.example.com)
3. API Key — your API key starting with ue_...
4. Click Test to verify the connection

Nodes

Mailat (Action Node)

Perform operations on your Mailat instance.

| Resource | Operation | Description | |----------|-----------|-------------| | Email | Send | Send a transactional email | | Email | Send Batch | Send multiple emails at once | | Email | Get | Get email status and delivery events | | Email | Cancel | Cancel a scheduled email | | Inbox | List | List inbox emails with filtering | | Inbox | Get | Get full email content | | Inbox | Get Thread | Get an email conversation thread | | Inbox | Search | Search inbox by query string | | Inbox | Reply | Reply to an email via compose | | Inbox | Mark Read | Mark emails as read or unread | | Inbox | Delete | Delete emails | | Inbox | Star | Star or unstar emails | | Domain | List | List all configured domains | | Domain | Get | Get domain details and DNS status | | Identity | List | List all email identities | | Identity | Get | Get identity details |

Mailat Trigger (Webhook Node)

Starts a workflow when an event occurs in Mailat. Select one or more events to listen for.

| Event | Description | |-------|-------------| | email_received | New email received in inbox | | email_sent | Email sent via transactional API | | contact_created | New contact created | | contact_updated | Contact updated | | contact_deleted | Contact deleted | | campaign_sent | Campaign started sending | | bounce_received | Email bounced (hard or soft) | | complaint_received | Spam complaint received |

Example Workflows

Auto-reply to incoming emails

1. Mailat Trigger (event: email_received)
2. IF node — check if subject contains "support"
3. Mailat node — Email > Send an auto-reply

Sync new contacts to your CRM

1. Mailat Trigger (event: contact_created)
2. HTTP Request node — POST contact data to your CRM API

Bounce alerting

1. Mailat Trigger (event: bounce_received)
2. Slack node — notify your team about the bounce
3. Mailat node — look up the contact details

Forward incoming emails to Slack

1. Mailat Trigger (event: email_received)
2. Slack node — post sender, subject, and preview to a channel

Compatibility

• n8n v1.0.0+
• Mailat v1.0.0+

Resources

• n8n-nodes-mailat on npm — install via npm or n8n Community Nodes
• Mailat on GitHub — source code, issues, contributions
• Dublyo PaaS — deploy Mailat (and 150+ other apps) with one click
• n8n Community Nodes Docs

Contributing

Found a bug or want a new feature? Open an issue or PR on GitHub.

License

MIT