n8n Training Course Part 12 - Sending Emails

Описание: 📤 N8n Tutorial Part 12 – Send Emails with Brevo (Transactional Email, API Keys, Auto-Replies)

Welcome to Part 12 of my N8n Training Course!
In this lesson you’ll learn what Email Delivery Platforms (EDPs) are (Brevo, Mailchimp, SendGrid, Amazon SES), why we use them instead of consumer inboxes (Gmail/Outlook rate limits), and how to send transactional emails from N8n using Brevo. We’ll finish with an end-to-end task: read an incoming email, draft a personalized AI reply, and send it via Brevo.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

What Email Delivery Platforms (EDPs) are & why they matter (scaling beyond Gmail/Outlook limits)

Create a Brevo account and API Key (SMTP & API settings)

Configure Brevo → Send a transactional email node in N8n

Wire dynamic To/Subject/Body with N8n expressions ($json, $node["..."].data.subject)

Draft replies with an AI Agent (personal greeting + 2-sentence summary + OOO note)

Test end-to-end with a Gmail test inbox from Part 11

⏱ Chapters

0:00 Intro & Goals
0:40 What are EDPs (Brevo, SendGrid, SES, Mailchimp) & rate limits
2:30 Create Brevo account & generate API key
4:10 N8n setup: Manual Trigger → Brevo: Send a transactional email
6:10 Send first test email (To/From/Subject/Text)
8:00 Faster second send (warmup effect)
9:00 Task Overview: Email Trigger → AI draft → Brevo send
10:30 Build AI prompt (personal address, 2-sentence summary, OOO notice)
13:00 Use $node["gmail-trigger"].data.from for dynamic recipient
14:30 Subject prefix: Re: {{$node["gmail-trigger"].data.subject}}
16:00 Full run & verification in inbox
17:30 Wrap-up & tips

🧩 Practice Task (from the video)

Goal: Auto-draft and send a polite vacation reply.

Trigger: Gmail “On Message Received” (from Part 11)

AI Agent (OpenAI Chat Model) – Prompt (Define Below):

Personal addressing using the sender’s name

2-sentence summary of the received email

Add: “I’ll respond in person when I am back from vacation.”

Inputs: Subject: {{$json.subject}}, Body: {{$json.snippet}}

Brevo → Send a transactional email

To: {{$node["gmail-trigger"].data.from}}

Subject: Re: {{$node["gmail-trigger"].data.subject}}

Text content: {{$json.output}} (AI draft)

Test: send an email into the inbox → workflow drafts & sends the reply.

💡 Tips & Notes

EDPs vs Gmail/Outlook: consumer inboxes are rate-limited and may block automations; EDPs are built for scale.

In Brevo, keep your API key secure; store credentials in N8n’s credential vault.

For production deliverability, set up SPF/DKIM on your sending domain (Brevo → Domain authentication).

Use Execute Step to preview node inputs/outputs and confirm expressions (e.g., $node["gmail-trigger"].data.from).

Consider a safety filter (e.g., only auto-reply to external senders, ignore no-reply addresses).

🧰 About This Course

Short, hands-on lessons with:
✅ Clear explanations
✅ Practical tasks + solutions
✅ Real N8n patterns (emails, webhooks, data tables, AI, agents)

Ideal for:
💡 N8n beginners & builders
💡 Developers adding email to automations
💡 Low/No-Code teams running outreach or support flows

👨‍💻 About Me

I’m Jan Schulz — AI Engineer, Full-Stack Developer & Teacher (ex-DCI Berlin).
Creator of React Architect AI and Summify.news.
🌐 More: https://janschulz.me

📧 Contact via my website.

📚 Keep Learning

Part 11 – Read Emails (Gmail, Outlook, IMAP)

Earlier parts: workflows, branching, loops, LLMs/Agents, Data Tables, Webhooks
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