📧 Email & SMS

KitchenAsty can send transactional emails and SMS messages through the Automation system.

📬 SMTP Configuration

SMTP_HOST=smtp.example.com
SMTP_PORT=587
SMTP_USER=your-username
SMTP_PASS=your-password
EMAIL_FROM=noreply@kitchenasty.com

🧪 Development Email

For local development, use Mailhog to capture emails without sending them:

# Run Mailhog via Docker
docker run -d -p 1025:1025 -p 8025:8025 mailhog/mailhog

Then configure:

SMTP_HOST=localhost
SMTP_PORT=1025

View captured emails at http://localhost:8025.

📝 Email Templates

Emails are sent through automation rules. The automation action type: "email" supports template variables that are replaced at send time:

Variable	Description
{{customer.name}}	Customer's name
{{customer.email}}	Customer's email
{{order.orderNumber}}	Order number
{{order.total}}	Order total
{{order.status}}	Current order status
{{location.name}}	Location name

See Automation for details on creating email rules.

📱 SMS

SMS can be sent via automation actions with type: "sms". Configure your SMS provider credentials:

SMS_PROVIDER=twilio
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=your-account-sid
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=your-auth-token
TWILIO_FROM_NUMBER=+1234567890

SMS uses the same template variables as email.