feat(emails): pluggable email provider (Resend + SMTP)

packages/database/emails/config.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { buildEnv, serverEnv } from "@cap/env";
 import type { JSXElementConstructor, ReactElement } from "react";
 import { Resend } from "resend";
+import { getEmailProvider } from "./providers";
 
 export const resend = () =>
 	serverEnv().RESEND_API_KEY ? new Resend(serverEnv().RESEND_API_KEY) : null;
@@ -26,27 +27,41 @@ export const sendEmail = async ({
 	replyTo?: string;
 	fromOverride?: string;
 }) => {
-	const r = resend();
-	if (!r) {
-		return Promise.resolve();
-	}
+	const provider = getEmailProvider();
+	if (!provider) return;
 
 	if (marketing && !buildEnv.NEXT_PUBLIC_IS_CAP) return;
-	let from: string;
 
+	let from: string;
 	if (fromOverride) from = fromOverride;
 	else if (marketing) from = "Richie from Cap <richie@send.cap.so>";
 	else if (buildEnv.NEXT_PUBLIC_IS_CAP)
 		from = "Cap Auth <no-reply@auth.cap.so>";
-	else from = `auth@${serverEnv().RESEND_FROM_DOMAIN}`;
+	else {
+		const env = serverEnv();
+		if (env.EMAIL_FROM) from = env.EMAIL_FROM;
+		else if (env.RESEND_FROM_DOMAIN) from = `auth@${env.RESEND_FROM_DOMAIN}`;
+		else {
+			console.warn(
+				"[email] No EMAIL_FROM or RESEND_FROM_DOMAIN configured — skipping send",
+			);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (scheduledAt && provider.name !== "resend") {
+		console.warn(
+			`[email] scheduledAt requested but provider is ${provider.name} — sending immediately`,
+		);
+	}
 
-	return r.emails.send({
+	return provider.send({
 		from,
 		to: test ? "delivered@resend.dev" : email,
 		subject,
 		react,
-		scheduledAt,
+		scheduledAt: provider.name === "resend" ? scheduledAt : undefined,
 		cc: test ? undefined : cc,
-		replyTo: replyTo,
+		replyTo,
 	});
 };

packages/database/emails/providers/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { serverEnv } from "@cap/env";
+import { ResendEmailProvider } from "./resend";
+import { SmtpEmailProvider } from "./smtp";
+import type { EmailProvider } from "./types";
+
+let cached: EmailProvider | null | undefined;
+
+export function getEmailProvider(): EmailProvider | null {
+	if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
+	cached = build();
+	return cached;
+}
+
+function build(): EmailProvider | null {
+	const env = serverEnv();
+	const requested =
+		env.EMAIL_PROVIDER ?? (env.RESEND_API_KEY ? "resend" : null);
+
+	if (requested === "smtp") {
+		if (!env.SMTP_HOST || !env.SMTP_PORT) {
+			console.warn(
+				"[email] EMAIL_PROVIDER=smtp but SMTP_HOST/SMTP_PORT missing — emails disabled",
+			);
+			return null;
+		}
+		return new SmtpEmailProvider({
+			host: env.SMTP_HOST,
+			port: env.SMTP_PORT,
+			secure: env.SMTP_SECURE,
+			user: env.SMTP_USER,
+			pass: env.SMTP_PASS,
+		});
+	}
+
+	if (requested === "resend") {
+		if (!env.RESEND_API_KEY) {
+			console.warn(
+				"[email] EMAIL_PROVIDER=resend but RESEND_API_KEY missing — emails disabled",
+			);
+			return null;
+		}
+		return new ResendEmailProvider(env.RESEND_API_KEY);
+	}
+
+	return null;
+}
+
+export type { EmailProvider } from "./types";

packages/database/emails/providers/resend.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { Resend } from "resend";
+import type { EmailProvider, SendEmailInput, SendEmailResult } from "./types";
+
+export class ResendEmailProvider implements EmailProvider {
+	readonly name = "resend" as const;
+	private readonly client: Resend;
+
+	constructor(apiKey: string) {
+		this.client = new Resend(apiKey);
+	}
+
+	async send(input: SendEmailInput): Promise<SendEmailResult> {
+		const result = await this.client.emails.send({
+			from: input.from,
+			to: input.to,
+			subject: input.subject,
+			react: input.react,
+			cc: input.cc,
+			replyTo: input.replyTo,
+			scheduledAt: input.scheduledAt,
+		});
+
+		if (result.error) {
+			console.error(
+				`[email] Resend send failed: ${result.error.name} — ${result.error.message}`,
+			);
+			return {};
+		}
+
+		return { id: result.data?.id };
+	}
+}

packages/database/emails/providers/smtp.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { render } from "@react-email/render";
+import type { Transporter } from "nodemailer";
+import { createTransport } from "nodemailer";
+import type { EmailProvider, SendEmailInput, SendEmailResult } from "./types";
+
+export type SmtpConfig = {
+	host: string;
+	port: number;
+	secure: boolean;
+	user?: string;
+	pass?: string;
+};
+
+export class SmtpEmailProvider implements EmailProvider {
+	readonly name = "smtp" as const;
+	private readonly transporter: Transporter;
+
+	constructor(config: SmtpConfig) {
+		this.transporter = createTransport({
+			host: config.host,
+			port: config.port,
+			secure: config.secure,
+			auth:
+				config.user && config.pass
+					? { user: config.user, pass: config.pass }
+					: undefined,
+		});
+	}
+
+	async send(input: SendEmailInput): Promise<SendEmailResult> {
+		try {
+			const [html, text] = await Promise.all([
+				render(input.react),
+				render(input.react, { plainText: true }),
+			]);
+
+			const info = await this.transporter.sendMail({
+				from: input.from,
+				to: input.to,
+				cc: input.cc,
+				replyTo: input.replyTo,
+				subject: input.subject,
+				html,
+				text,
+			});
+
+			return { id: info.messageId };
+		} catch (error) {
+			console.error("[email] SMTP send failed:", error);
+			return {};
+		}
+	}
+}

packages/database/emails/providers/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import type { JSXElementConstructor, ReactElement } from "react";
+
+export type EmailProviderName = "resend" | "smtp";
+
+export type SendEmailInput = {
+	from: string;
+	to: string;
+	subject: string;
+	react: ReactElement<unknown, string | JSXElementConstructor<unknown>>;
+	cc?: string | string[];
+	replyTo?: string;
+	scheduledAt?: string;
+};
+
+export type SendEmailResult = {
+	id?: string;
+};
+
+export interface EmailProvider {
+	readonly name: EmailProviderName;
+	send(input: SendEmailInput): Promise<SendEmailResult>;
+}

packages/database/package.json

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 		"nanoid": "^5.0.4",
 		"next": "15.5.9",
 		"next-auth": "^4.24.5",
+		"nodemailer": "^6.9.8",
 		"react-email": "^4.0.16",
 		"resend": "4.6.0",
 		"zod": "^3"
@@ -41,11 +42,11 @@
 		"@cap/ui": "workspace:*",
 		"@cap/utils": "workspace:*",
 		"@types/node": "^20.10.0",
+		"@types/nodemailer": "^6.4.17",
 		"@types/react": "^19.1.13",
 		"@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
 		"dotenv-cli": "latest",
 		"drizzle-kit": "0.31.0",
-		"nodemailer": "^6.9.8",
 		"react": "^19.1.1",
 		"react-dom": "^19.1.1",
 		"react-router-dom": "^6.18.0",

packages/env/server.ts

@@ -26,10 +26,30 @@ function createServerEnv() {
 					"32 byte hex string for encrypting values like AWS access keys",
 				),
 
-			// Cap uses Resend for email sending, including sending login code emails
+			EMAIL_PROVIDER: z
+				.enum(["resend", "smtp"])
+				.optional()
+				.describe(
+					"Email provider for transactional emails. Defaults to 'resend' if RESEND_API_KEY is set, otherwise emails are disabled.",
+				),
+			EMAIL_FROM: z
+				.string()
+				.optional()
+				.describe(
+					"Full from address (e.g. 'Cap <auth@example.com>') used by every provider. Falls back to 'auth@{RESEND_FROM_DOMAIN}' when unset.",
+				),
+
 			RESEND_API_KEY: z.string().optional(),
 			RESEND_FROM_DOMAIN: z.string().optional(),
 
+			SMTP_HOST: z.string().optional(),
+			SMTP_PORT: z.coerce.number().int().positive().optional(),
+			SMTP_SECURE: boolString(false).describe(
+				"Use TLS on connect (port 465). Leave false for STARTTLS on 587.",
+			),
+			SMTP_USER: z.string().optional(),
+			SMTP_PASS: z.string().optional(),
+
 			/// S3 configuration
 			// Though they are prefixed with `CAP_AWS`, these don't have to be
 			// for AWS, and can instead be for any S3-compatible service